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Monday, December 24th, 2018

Illinois AG finds 500 more Catholic clergy accused of abuse

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Source:     The Nws-Gazette/The Associated Press
Publication Date:     Thu, 12/20/2018 - 7:20am
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Stephan:   The priestly pedophilia in the Roman Catholic Church just goes on an on, its scope still uuknown and not fully appreciated. Given the molestation of children, the anti-woman stance, and the corruption, I don't understand how it is possible to remain a communicant; I guess it is probably the sense of community that keeps people going, but it must be tough.

Credit: KPFA

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan on Wednesday issued a blistering report about clergy sexual abuse, saying that Catholic dioceses in Illinois has not released the names of at least 500 clergy accused of sexually abusing children.

The preliminary report found that the church’s six archdioceses have done a woefully inadequate job of investigating allegations and in some cases did not investigate them at all or notify the state’s child welfare agency. Madigan’s office said that while the dioceses have disclosed 45 more names of those credibly accused, the total number of names disclosed is only 185 and raises questions about the church’s response to the crisis.

“By choosing not to thoroughly investigate allegations, the Catholic Church has failed in its moral obligation to provide survivors, parishioners and the public a complete and accurate accounting of all sexually inappropriate behavior involving priests in Illinois,” Madigan said in a statement. “The failure to investigate also means that the Catholic Church has never made an effort to determine whether the conduct of the accused priests […]

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1 Comment

  1. Jerry Shoopman on Friday, December 28, 2018 at 8:10 am

    From a State going down the tubes because of the politicians it is hard to hear Liza Madigan point the finger at any one, Having said that the unchecked problem in the Church makes everyone sick. For that reason I am glad she is a bias and nasty as she appears.

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