Yakima Diocese considering posting names of clergy accused of sexual abuse

By Eugene Buenaventura
KAPP
January 25, 2016

http://www.kapptv.com/article/2016/jan/25/yakima-diocese-considering-posting-names-clergy-ac/

Earlier this month, the Archdiocese of Seattle published a list of clergy and other church personnel accused of sexual abuse -- a move the church says is intended to highlight "further transparency and accountability and encourage more victims to come forward."

The 77 names on the list include those with claims against them who either admitted to those claims, or whose claims were determined to be credible -- three priests associated with Yakima are on the list.

Yakima's Lay Advisory Board is considering following in the same footsteps as Seattle's church -- that discussion is expected to come up at it's meeting in March.

The Yakima church has already spent the last few years putting resources into extensive background checks and providing education to Hispanic and English-speaking children.

"We're not a big-city archdiocese like Seattle, we have to be very strategic [with] How we use our staff and our resources," said Bishop Joseph Tyson, "I'm certainly open to having the advisory board look at this and give me a recommendation."