Files: Calif. Diocese Knew of Allegations

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-5013565,00.html

Wednesday May 18, 2005 4:46 AM

By LAURA WIDES

Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Roman Catholic officials in Orange County knew for years of allegations of sexual misconduct against priests and lay workers but did little to warn parishioners or prevent future abuse, personnel files released Tuesday show.

The private personnel files of the 14 priests and one lay person were released by court order after a judge ruled the information could help the state protect children from abuse.

The hundreds of pages suggest the diocese knew as early as 30 years ago about alleged sexual misconduct among some of its clergy.

In many cases, priests were repeatedly referred for psychological treatment and counseling before finally being barred from the priesthood. Some were not barred but were sent instead to other dioceses...


The Sin That Keeps on Giving
Ohio's pedophile priests have Bishop Pilla in their corner.
BY CHRIS MAAG

http://www.clevescene.com/issues/2005-04-27/news/news2.html

Victims of sexual abuse have found their toughest lobbying foe -- the Catholic church.

The victims rose, one after another, for eight full hours, telling stories of their childhoods, when the most trusted people in their lives raped them.
Sodomized them.

Groped them.

Lied to them.

Under the intricate gold leaf of the hearing room, beneath the oversized portraits of dead statesmen and the bank of senators peering down from a high bench, people who had never before talked in public took the microphone and described the abuse they had suffered at the hands of Catholic priests. Their families stood behind them and cried...

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1. Yet they have the unmitigated gall to try to tell me how to live my life

until they clean up this mess they have no business discussing gay people.