KANSAS CITY (MO)
The Kansas City Star
By JUDY L. THOMAS
The Kansas City Star
The chairman of the review board that handles child sexual abuse allegations in the Kansas City-St. Joseph Diocese is stepping down.
Jim Caccamo, who headed the diocese’s Independent Review Board during a tumultuous period that saw a priest charged with child pornography and the bishop indicted for allegedly failing to report suspected child abuse, recently submitted his resignation.
“I’m whipped. I’m exhausted,” Caccamo said. “This has not been an easy thing.
“My fellow Catholics are real people who are hurting and suffering over this, and I hear from them. I care about my church, I care about the children.”
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