IRELAND/CALIFORNIA
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
Posted by Barbara Blaine on January 30, 2012
One of the most notorious serial child molesting Catholic clerics in California history has apparently been jailed in Ireland for child porn.
Oliver O’Grady sexually assaulted boys and girls in and around Stockton for years. High ranking Catholic officials, including then-Bishop Roger Mahony (who went on to head the nation’s largest archdiocese for years), knew of or suspected his heinous crimes. For years, they ignored or concealed those crimes. And who knows how many innocent lives were devastated as a result.
We applaud law enforcement for catching and prosecuting O’Grady. He clearly remains a danger to kids. We hope he’s put behind bars for the rest of his life. And we hope that every single Catholic employee – current or former, high ranking or low level, in the US, Ireland or the Netherlands – who kept silent about O’Grady’s crimes will find the courage to “come clean,” admit wrongdoing, apologize to his victims, and share what they know with police and prosecutors.
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