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Related: About this forumPriests with credible claims against them of sexual abuse of a minor
This list was released by the Minneapolis-St. Paul archdiocese after being ordered by a judge to do so.
http://thecatholicspirit.com/news/local-news/priests-credible-claims-sexual-abuse-minor
What I find most chilling about the list is just how much these men were moved around. It's unfortunate we will never know just how many more victims these men had simply because of the opportunities repeatedly presented to them by a church more interested in covering up the crimes and protecting the criminals than stopping and preventing them.
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Priests with credible claims against them of sexual abuse of a minor (Original Post)
trotsky
Dec 2013
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skepticscott
(13,029 posts)1. Bigot!
Cue the insults and apologetics...
On edit, I suppose I shouldn't give a DU jury too much credit for being able to grasp the significance of the title..
cleanhippie
(19,705 posts)2. The auto-correct grammar police will be along go "whinge" any minute now.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)3. Abuse survivors hoping release of priest list prompts other victims to come forward
http://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2013/12/abuse-survivors-hoping-release-priest-list-prompts-other-victims-come-forwar
The asshole had CONFESSED yet the church kept giving him access to victims. And they claim moral authority over others?
If church leaders had taken action in the wake of Father Thomas Adamsons first admission that he sexually abused a young boy, Jim Keenan would likely never have met him, much less ended up one of the priests dozens of victims.
There is no reason our paths would have to cross in a ministerial way, a tearful Keenan said Thursday at a press conference held hours after the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis was compelled to release a list of priests credibly accused of abusing minors.
According to court filings, Adamsons first documented transgression took place in 1964. Keenan was born in 1967. Before Keenan was molested at the age of 13, the priest had confessed to perhaps dozens of inappropriate sexual encounters with boys.
There is no reason our paths would have to cross in a ministerial way, a tearful Keenan said Thursday at a press conference held hours after the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis was compelled to release a list of priests credibly accused of abusing minors.
According to court filings, Adamsons first documented transgression took place in 1964. Keenan was born in 1967. Before Keenan was molested at the age of 13, the priest had confessed to perhaps dozens of inappropriate sexual encounters with boys.
The asshole had CONFESSED yet the church kept giving him access to victims. And they claim moral authority over others?