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To: NYer; Siobhan; american colleen; sinkspur; livius; Lady In Blue; Salvation; Polycarp; narses; ...
"Not one priest in the diocese who knew about these criminal acts reported them to any law enforcement agency," the grand jury report stated in recommending changes to state law that would mandate that priests and other church supervisors report such crimes.

Using testimony from victims and internal documents obtained by subpoena, the report finds that abusive priests were transferred from parish to parish despite pastors, other priests and school principals repeatedly asking that the accused clerics be stopped from ministering. In one case, according to the findings, a priest who reported his concerns and helped the victim's mother pursue her complaint had a memo placed in his file from a high-ranking official saying "no serious consideration" would be given to offering the concerned priest another assignment.

Some of you may recall the recent post on the Seminary in Huntington that feeds this diocese. The formation program was changed in the early '80's with great attention to liberalizing the content.

This is, once again, part of the purge that is needed to rid our dioceses of these perverts.

3 posted on 02/10/2003 6:04:00 AM PST by NYer (Kyrie Eleison)
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bump for further reading
4 posted on 02/10/2003 6:05:21 AM PST by yendu bwam
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This is the worst report yet. Every other one indicates that there was an attempt at least to clean it up. There are a handful of truly egregeous cases, but overall, the clean-up started long ago.

These guys need to go.
5 posted on 02/10/2003 6:28:37 AM PST by Desdemona
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