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  • Levada takes heat over abuse inquiry Panel member resigns, says church suppressed results

    11/12/2004 10:05:52 AM PST · by Stone Mountain · 5 replies · 386+ views
    SF Chronicle ^ | November 12, 2004 | Don Lattin
    The founding chairman of a panel formed by San Francisco's Roman Catholic Archdiocese to look into allegations of priestly child abuse has resigned from the board, accusing church leaders of "deception, manipulation and control'' for refusing to release the investigation's results. James Jenkins, one of six members of the Independent Review Board and its chairman until last December, said Archbishop William Levada has blocked the release of the panel's findings on sexual-abuse allegations involving 40 priests. At least nine of those priests have agreed to refrain from "public ministry," the archdiocese said Thursday without identifying them. "There has been no...