Nearly 60 Years of Abuse: Sexual Misconduct Uncovered in Alaska Archdiocese Review

By Elizabeth Roman
KTVA-TV
January 16, 2020

https://www.ktva.com/story/41575680/nearly-60-years-of-sexual-misconduct-uncovered-in-archdiocese-review

More than a dozen people in Alaska have been accused of sexual misconduct while serving in the Catholic Church, an independent commission review found. The allegations span nearly 60 years, with the latest abuse happening in 2015.

The review began in 2018 when the commission was tasked with combing through sexual misconduct files in the possession of the Archdiocese of Anchorage since its creation in 1966. The commission included a former police chief and two former prosecutors.

According to the findings released Thursday by a church leader, the commission found credible evidence of sexual misconduct involving minors and vulnerable adults against 14 people who served in the Archdiocese of Anchorage at one point in their careers.