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Posted by David Clohessy on June 13, 2012
Below is a list of SNAP’s list of worst bishops in the past decade, based on their actions since the adoption of the Dallas charter.
Archbishop J. Peter Sartain of Seattle (formerly of Joliet)
• Ordained Fr. Alejandro Flores in the Diocese of Joliet, who was known to be “sexually troubled” while in Seminary and had been caught with “young-looking” porn.
o After ordination, it was found out Flores had been abusing a young boy for at least 5 years.
o Despite Sartain supposedly “keeping a close watch” on Flores, the priest attempted suicide in the church
• In a separate instance, he hid allegations against two priests for at least five months. He only made the claims public after SNAP had already outed them.
o Months after the fate of these two priests was decided, Sartain continued to keep parishioners in the dark, refusing to disclose details of the allegations, investigations, and results.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York (formerly of Milwaukee)
• Last year, Fr. Jaime Duenas was arrested for repeatedly abusing a 16-year-old girl over three days at her parish job. Then, Dolan posted on his blog a statement essentially attacking the girl and questioning why she went back to work the second and third days. Despite SNAP’s protests, Dolan’s callous post is still up.
• Last year, the public learned that there was child porn on a Bronx assistant principal’s school computer. At that time, it was also revealed that Catholic officials – including Dolan – had kept silent for nine months about the child porn, giving the criminal and his supervisors ample time to destroy evidence, fabricate alibis, intimidate witnesses, threaten whistleblowers and thwart law enforcement.
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