Accused of Sex Abuse.....
Posted on 11/15/2019 6:33:15 PM PST by marshmallow
NEW YORK (AP) — A Roman Catholic bishop named by Pope Francis to investigate the church’s response to clergy sexual abuse in Buffalo, New York, has himself been accused of sexual abuse of a child.
An attorney for the alleged victim notified Catholic officials in New Jersey this week that he is preparing a lawsuit on behalf of a client who says he was molested by Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio in the 1970s, when DiMarzio was a priest in Jersey City. In a letter, lawyer Mitchell Garabedian says 56-year-old Mark Matzek alleges he was repeatedly abused by DiMarzio when he was an altar boy.
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Maybe he is guilty. But how does one defend himself against charges from 40 years ago? There was a reason for statutes of limitations.
When will this Pope recuse himself?
Did the comment have something to do with a fox and pregnant chickens?
Accused of Sex Abuse.....
......”how does one defend himself against charges from 40 years ago?”.......
Better said how can a child defend himself until he is an adult?
and a henhouse
Good grief...what a mess.
Theese investigations should be led by a law enforcement agency NOT the Catholic leadership.
It may be that he was getting too close to the sins of certain other clerics and this is a way to shut him up. Or not.
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