Columbus diocese's list of clergy accused of sex abuse grows to 53 with Newark priest
The list of priests credibly accused of child sexual abuse who have served in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus now totals 53, with one additional priest awaiting a judgment.
The list, originally with 34 clergy named, came out in March 2019 on the heels of the Pennsylvania grand jury report that revealed more than 1,000 victims of alleged abuse by more than 300 priests over 70 years. The report's release spurred public pressure for dioceses across the country to release such lists telling people which priests were believed to have been abusive to children in their areas.
https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2022...777718001/
Warning of bankruptcy, Albany diocese proposes abuse settlement plan
Mallory Allen, an attorney who represents dozens of alleged sexual abuse survivors in Albany and across New York, denounced the proposal as "nothing but a last-ditch effort to avoid transparency and accountability with more false promises of fair compensation."
"The diocese ... has wasted years of time and millions of dollars fighting survivors in court and defending its bishops who allowed children to be sexually abused," she continued.
Allen added their cases "are not going to go away because of yet another mediation program that is predestined to fail because it is funded by an entity that doesn’t want to be held accountable or pay fair compensation to survivors."
The diocese also had fought against the release of information about alleged victims of suspected abusive priests or others. Attorneys for plaintiffs have argued that information on other alleged victims is critical to their ability to show what the diocese knew about abusive priests — including many who were returned to ministry after receiving treatment only to commit abuse again.
Although the diocese has publicly supported the Child Victims Act — after years of the Catholic church lobbying against its passage — and attested to its efforts to help alleged victims, its legal team has also waged a fierce battle in court to prevent the release of many of the records that documented the abuse and their internal handling of it.
During the deposition, Hubbard testified under oath that he and the diocese had systematically concealed incidents of child sexual abuse and did not alert law enforcement agencies when they discovered it, saying their actions were, in part, intended to avoid scandal and preserve "respect for the priesthood."
https://www.timesunion.com/state/article...274425.php
The list of priests credibly accused of child sexual abuse who have served in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus now totals 53, with one additional priest awaiting a judgment.
The list, originally with 34 clergy named, came out in March 2019 on the heels of the Pennsylvania grand jury report that revealed more than 1,000 victims of alleged abuse by more than 300 priests over 70 years. The report's release spurred public pressure for dioceses across the country to release such lists telling people which priests were believed to have been abusive to children in their areas.
https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2022...777718001/
Warning of bankruptcy, Albany diocese proposes abuse settlement plan
Mallory Allen, an attorney who represents dozens of alleged sexual abuse survivors in Albany and across New York, denounced the proposal as "nothing but a last-ditch effort to avoid transparency and accountability with more false promises of fair compensation."
"The diocese ... has wasted years of time and millions of dollars fighting survivors in court and defending its bishops who allowed children to be sexually abused," she continued.
Allen added their cases "are not going to go away because of yet another mediation program that is predestined to fail because it is funded by an entity that doesn’t want to be held accountable or pay fair compensation to survivors."
The diocese also had fought against the release of information about alleged victims of suspected abusive priests or others. Attorneys for plaintiffs have argued that information on other alleged victims is critical to their ability to show what the diocese knew about abusive priests — including many who were returned to ministry after receiving treatment only to commit abuse again.
Although the diocese has publicly supported the Child Victims Act — after years of the Catholic church lobbying against its passage — and attested to its efforts to help alleged victims, its legal team has also waged a fierce battle in court to prevent the release of many of the records that documented the abuse and their internal handling of it.
During the deposition, Hubbard testified under oath that he and the diocese had systematically concealed incidents of child sexual abuse and did not alert law enforcement agencies when they discovered it, saying their actions were, in part, intended to avoid scandal and preserve "respect for the priesthood."
https://www.timesunion.com/state/article...274425.php
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
