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	Ex-Dallas Bishop, Criticized for Abuse Cover-Up, Dies Associated Press, carried in Houston Chronicle January 26, 2009 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6231911.html DALLAS — Thomas A. Tschoepe, whose more than 20 years as bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas included accusations that he covered up sexual abuse claims involving priests, has died. He was 93. Tschoepe twice moved pedophile priest Rudolph "Rudy" Kos to new parishes in the 1980s after complaints about his behavior with boys and transferred other priests accused of molesting boys as well. A jury awarded a $119.6 million verdict against the diocese in 1997 for covering up nine years of abuse by Kos. A $31 million settlement was later reached. In 1994, Tschoepe denied that he or any other church official had covered up sexual abuse. "When he was bishop, his was kind of a lonely job, and he had to rely on one or two counselors," the Rev. Tim Gollub told The Dallas Morning News for its Monday editions. "I am doing what I always wanted to do," he said.
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