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South Carolina Catholics delay releasing names of credibly accused priests

By Mike Ellis
AndersIndependent
February 4, 2019

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Bishop Michael Mulvey answers questions from the media after Diocese of Corpus Christi released a list of names of priests accused of sexual abuse of minors on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019.

South Carolina's top Catholics have delayed the public naming of of priests credibly accused of sexual abuse of minors.

The state's diocese, the Catholic Diocese of Charleston, now expects to release the names by the end of March. In a December statement, the diocese had expected it to be public no later than mid-February.

Dioceses throughout the country are planning to release names of credibly accused priests this year and more than 50 dioceses have already released at least 1,250 names. More than a dozen dioceses in Texas released names last week.

The new South Carolina information would cover years from 2007 to present, according to the South Carolina diocese.

The South Carolina diocese has not detailed its standards for considering a priest to be "credibly acc

The diocese had reviewed files from 1950 to 2007 as part of a class action lawsuit.

"When we release the list of names, we want it to be accurate to the best of our knowledge," Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone said in a statement.




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