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He is barred from revealing any evidence of priestly wrongdoing to law-enforcement authorities or the public under a canonical "penal precept" issued by the bishop in October 2001.

Out in the parts of the world not subject to the endemic corruption of Roman Catholicism, we call that Obstruction of Justice and Witness Tampering, and attach a felony sentence to those acts. Of course, it being a Roman bishop, he feels free to obstruct the civil justice system without fear of sanction, just as the most manipulative mafiosi would.

What else would you expect of such a Church, considering that the Diocese of Chicago paid an abuser $200,000.00 after it decided to defrock him (which is much more than they've ever offered a victim).

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What he "feels" is of no consequence; he has the same liability in the civil courts that you or I do. If you could turn off that invective and bias production machine you call a mind, you might be able to figure that out.

Given the content of your impertinent and impudent post, you have chosen your screen name well as you obviously adhere to the dark side. Why is my Church any of your business as you must be either a heretic, an agnostic or an atheist and, in any event, not a Catholic. Spare us your, cough, disinterested concern and MYOB. We who are Catholic will resolve our own problems, thank you very much!