ST. LOUIS (MO)
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
POSTED BY DAVID CLOHESSY ON AUGUST 26, 2013
A month ago, writing about the recent and troubling criminal and civil cases against a St. Louis priest, the Post-Dispatch urged Archbishop Robert Carlson to “live up to his promise to be open and transparent.”
This week, Carlson basically thumbed his nose at the Post’s advice, proving, again, that his pledges to be “open” in clergy sex abuse and cover up cases are phony.
A civil child sex abuse and cover up lawsuit charges Carlson with six offenses, including attempted tampering with evidence, breach of fiduciary duty, intentional failure to supervise clergy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
In his legal response, filed this week, Carlson denies only one of those accusations: the evidence tampering allegation.
He ignores all five other charges, except to say “Legally, no one can even touch me, whether I did these awful things or not, because the law doesn’t apply to bishops like me.”
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