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	Pedophile Priest Was Volunteer in Dutch Church WEAR April 26, 2010 http://www.weartv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.international/3d9f90ad-weartv.com.shtml AMSTERDAM (AP) -- The Dutch Catholic Church is rejecting criticism for failing to check the background of a volunteer who'd served a seven-year prison sentence in the U.S. for child abuse. Defrocked Irish priest Oliver O'Grady did volunteer work for a Rotterdam church for less than two years, and left the Netherlands in February before his identity became known. A statement from the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests in the United States said the Dutch church "should be severely disciplined for failing to do even the most simple background check on this dangerous predator." Peter Kohnen, the Dutch Bishop's Conference's spokesman, said Monday the community was "shocked" to learned about O'Grady, but the diocese had no obligation to investigate a volunteer.
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