SEATTLE (WA)
My Northwest
BY JOSH KERNS on May 6, 2014
Members of a Seattle church are outraged they’re just learning a priest who had a longtime sexual relationship with a young man was disciplined in 2004. And they’re disturbed he was prohibited from performing baptisms and other sacraments but continued doing so.
The Archdiocese of Seattle sent a letter to members of St. Bridget Parish last Friday, notifying them that the Archdiocesan Case Review Board concluded Harry Quigg had sexual contact with a then-17-year-old in 1980, and continued the relationship for 15 years.
The letter said because both civil and canon law considered the age of majority to be 16-years-old at the time, the panel concluded it did not constitute sexual abuse of a minor.
Then-Archbishop Alexander J. Brunett notified Quigg in person and writing he was no longer allowed to perform any public priestly duties, present himself publicly as a priest, or wear clerical garb.
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