Posted on 10/30/2014 6:40:35 PM PDT by Dr. Thorne
Archbishop Blase Cupich has removed a retired Spokane Catholic priest from ministry following accusations that he sexually abused a child decades ago.
It is the second time in 12 years that the Rev. Dan Wetzler has fallen under scrutiny and been removed.
The decision last month by Cupich was published by the Inland Register, the newspaper of the Spokane Catholic Diocese. Wetzler last served at St. Paschal Parish in Spokane from 1992 to 2002.
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meanwhile, in the same Spokane, a goodie two shoes VA doc and Big Brother and associate adjunct professor at Gonzaga and active in the YMCA among other things, sits in jail on federal child porn crimes and for possibly raping and molesting many boys, with pics and video....
Maybe he did. Or maybe this is another fishing expedition by the new accuser and his lawyer.
If I've read about this case, I've forgotten it. But it is common practice to remove a priest from duty whenever there is an accusation, whether likely or not, until it has been looked into. And if he was reinstated, then he was almost certainly found to be innocent of the earlier charge.
if found guilty he wont be the first Big Brother who has used that trusted position to gain access to young PREY.
He was publicly exonerated the first time.
Let’s hope no one was harmed, regardless of the statute of limitations.
adjunct professor at Gonzaga
An outsider cannot know the local political and financial machinations of this capitol of the East Side of Washington State.
Ask me about it.
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