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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
By Elizabeth Campbell
liz@star-telegram.com
Joseph Jordan spent more than 20 years volunteering to chaperone children on ski trips and pilgrimages to see the pope whenever he visited the United States.
He also taught a course on child safety because of the numerous incidents of sexual abuse by priests in the Roman Catholic Church.
So Jordan was shocked when he was summoned to the Fort Worth Roman Catholic Diocese offices July 27 and told that he was no longer allowed to volunteer in any capacity because of accusations of “boundary violations” involving youth and young adults. Jordan was also told that he could no longer participate in Knights of Columbus activities.
“This ban is diocesan wide and includes not showing up or participating in any youth or young people’s events,” wrote Vicar General Stephen Berg. Letters outlining Jordan’s ban from volunteering were distributed throughout the diocese, which serves 710,000 Catholics in 28 counties.
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