Church Leader Sacked after Speaking out over Suspended Priest
Orthodox Reform [Dallas]
April 21, 2007
http://orthodoxreform.org/cases/fr-nicholas-katinas/dean-siotos-wfaa-report/
On April 21st, WFAA featured the following news story on the Friday Ten O'Clock news broadcast in Dallas (view the video broadcast online):
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| "Church leader sacked after speaking out over suspended priest" A high-ranking Dallas church leader has been dismissed from his duties. He says it's for leading the charge for a harsher penalty against a suspended priest accused of molestation. Channel 8's Craig Civale reports. |
They gave the background on Fr. Katinas, the Greek Orthodox priest at Holy Trinity who "… sexually abused minors while a priest before coming to Dallas. He is also currently under investigation by the archdiocese for allegedy abusing a child at Holy Trinity."
The report said:
| The church is in flux — the parish is divided — and it appears it's lost at least one member who has been part of the congregation his whole life. |
Dean Siotos Gives QuoteDean Siotos says he is leaving the church over this issue:
| This would be the first Sunday since this action. I certainly don't intend to go this Sunday and I don't have any plans to come back any time soon. |
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Holy Trinity admits its actions, but offers no apology for the message this sends to the public regarding its failure to defrock Fr. Katinas, and offered no explanation why the Archdiocese knew of the sexual misconduct allegations for many months while not disclosing this information to Holy Trinity parishioners. Letter Calls for Fr. Katinas To Be Defrocked
| A spokeperson here at Holy Trinity did confirm that they did let go of Mr. Siotos because of this petition of this petition but they would not discuss that incident any further nor would they discuss the ongoing allegations against that priest which are currently still under investigation. |
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The way the Greek Orthodox is handling this scandal is cause for continued cause for Orthodox parishioners everywhere.
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