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To: Elsie; NKP_Vet

I’m sure we all agree there’s not an acceptable fraction unless nada. Nonetheless, I hope the data is forthcoming.


359 posted on 01/22/2014 3:17:22 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Gene Eric; Elsie; NKP_Vet
Files Show Chicago Archdiocese Hid Decades Of Child Sex Abuse
January 21, 2014 8:48 AM
Updated 01/21/14 – 12:57 p.m.

CHICAGO (CBS/AP) – After a 13-year-old boy reported in 1979 that a priest raped him and later threatened him at gunpoint to keep quiet, the Archdiocese of Chicago assured the boy’s parents that although the cleric avoided prosecution, he would receive treatment and have no further contact with minors.

But the Rev. William Cloutier, who already had been accused of molesting other children, was returned to ministry a year later and accused of more abuse before he resigned in 1993, two years after the boy’s parents filed a lawsuit. Officials took no action against Cloutier over his earliest transgressions because he “sounded repentant,” according to internal archdiocese documents released Tuesday that show how the archdiocese tried to contain a mounting scandal over child sexual abuse. ... read article at: CBS Chicago

360 posted on 01/22/2014 3:33:29 AM PST by WVKayaker ("Today, doesn't it seem like we have a Corrupt Bastards Club in D.C.? On steroids?" -Sarah Palin)
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To: Gene Eric

Trust me you WILL find (simple google search) such cases in all denominations. The difference I have seen is the Prot pastors or ministers are pointed out, reported, prosecuted and doing time in the can.


364 posted on 01/22/2014 9:13:57 AM PST by redleghunter
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