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  National Group to Ask Local Diocese to Oust Priest

Wichita Eagle [Wichita KS]
December 6, 2005

A national advocacy group for victims of clergy sexual abuse plans to urge the Catholic Diocese of Wichita to remove a priest from his parish, accusing him of sexually assaulting a woman from a west Wichita parish last year.

Janet Patterson of Conway Springs, a national board member of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, has scheduled a 1:15 p.m. press conference today in front of diocesan headquarters at 424 N. Broadway.

"It's a matter of standing for what's right," Patterson said.

That includes making sure the diocese has the mechanisms in place to protect families and parishioners, she said.

Diocesan spokeswoman Amy Pavlacka said no priests have been removed from active ministry recently.

 
 

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