LOS ANGELES (CA)
Digital Journal
[Final Addendum to the Report to the People of God – BishopAccountability.org]
By Brett Wilkins
Feb 14, 2013
Los Angeles – The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has quietly added two dozen priests and other clergymen to the list of individuals suspected of raping or sexually assaulting children in what was already a major part of a massive worldwide Catholic sex abuse scandal.
The Los Angeles Times reports that the 24 names were disclosed in a report posted on the archdiocese’s website last month along with 12,000 pages of internal records detailing how the church dealt with abuse claims. BishopAccountability.org, a non-profit group that researches and archives documents related to clergy sex abuse, originally uncovered the list and published the names of the suspected offenders.
The Catholic Church readily admits that the allegations against the 24 men are “credible.” But the archdiocese will not release any further information about the accusations against them, including how many accusers there are, when the alleged sex abuse occurred or the parishes where the alleged abusers worked.
Terry McKiernan of BishopAccountability.org told the Times that the disclosure of such information is “essential.”
“It is essential for everyone to know the nature of the allegations against these priests and brothers, because some of them may still pose a danger to children in Los Angeles, elsewhere in the United States, and in other countries,” he said.
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