Diocese, State Police Confirm Complaint about Priest Abuse from Former University President

By Katherine Gregg
Providence Journal
March 14, 2019

https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20190313/diocese-state-police-confirm-complaint-about-priest-abuse-from-former-university-president

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence on Wednesday acknowledged having received a complaint in 2012 from former Lesley University President Margaret McKenna about a priest who had touched her under her clothing multiple times when she was growing up in Central Falls.

McKenna, who also served as a deputy White House counsel in the Carter administration, later told the state police that Bishop Thomas Tobin treated her “as if she were a suspect, rather than a victim.”

Names and dates are blacked out in the heavily redacted copy of a letter the diocese provided The Journal, to show that it had notified then-state police Detective Commander Michael J. Winquist of the unnamed woman’s allegations.