T”hat’s not how the law works.”
Yes it is. Why don’t you try calling up the DA’s office or the office of the Grand Jury and asking them if Father James is under investigation. It is also how professional boards work.
If the other Diocese have decided to release names based only on accusations they are really taking a chance of being exposed for a defamation suit by the accussed should no credible allegations come about.
You better dang well believe if I was accused of criminal behavior with no substantial proof or with questionable proof I would protest most vehemently if my name was released before any determination if it was valid to levy criminal or civil charges.
Ah, yes. It's always "no substantial proof" and "questionable proof."
Did you read the evidence presented in the Philadelphia pederast priest scandal? Or is that all "questionable proof," too?
And here's the Grand Jury's report from 2005, which serves to illustrate how the Grand Jury's suggestions to the RCC were completely ignored.