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	Release of Secret Documents in Diocese of Bridgeport a Watershed Moment for Truth and Child Protection By Jeff Anderson Anderson Advocates Blog December 4, 2009 http://andersonadvocatesblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/release-of-secret-documents-in-diocese.html These records, like thousands of other church records that surface through civil lawsuits, reveal the same careless disregard for public safety and shameful obsession with self preservation. Dozens of Connecticut pedophile priests live today among unsuspecting neighbors, friends and co-workers, near children and perhaps still molesting children. These documents help explain how these shrewd criminals escaped detection for so long, thanks in large part to their uncaring supervisors and associates. These disclosures are another reminder that it’s crucial to report child sex abuse to criminal and civil authorities, not church authorities. For more than twenty-five years I have helped and advocated for victims of predator priests. Many of these brave individuals have done what these four newspapers have done: expose ugly truths about tragic cover-ups. I commend them all for their courage. The Bridgeport case is not unlike the case of Doe v. Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Ramsey County District Court File No. 62-C9-06-3962, with a pending protective order imposed by the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has prevented and thwarted the public dissemination of long held secrets at the great peril of the children in our communities. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Documents Shed Light On Church's Treatment Of Allegations Against Priests -------------------- From The Files: Complaints And Diocese Reactions Charles Carr | Martin Federici | Joseph P. Moore | Walter Coleman | Gregory Smith | Laurence Brett By DAVE ALTIMARI, EDMUND H. MAHONY, MATTHEW KAUFFMAN and ALAINE GRIFFIN The Hartford Courant December 2 2009 Even as a young seminary student, Raymond Pcolka's psychiatric problems caused doctors to question whether he should be a priest.
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