KANSAS CITY (MO)
KMBC
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City’s newest investigator of abuse in the Catholic Church said the rules are changing and investigators are casting a broader net.
Diocesan investigator Jenifer Valenti was appointed local sexual abuse investigator last summer as the priest abuse scandal ravaged the church.
Valenti said investigators don’t plan to limit investigations to just reports of abuse. They’re also going to look into suspicions of abuse.
“The Diocese is taking the position that we want to look into things that seem suspicious before we, somebody, has to report abuse,” Valenti said. “Those behaviors may point to predators.”
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