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[the complaint made to the Bureau of Labor and Industries]

Dan Morris-Young | Oct. 17, 2014

A former priest of Baker, Ore., diocese has filed a complaint with the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, charging that “unlawful retaliatory conduct” by Bishop Liam Cary and the diocese damaged his health and reputation.

In the Sept. 30 filing, James A. Radloff, former pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Bend, Ore., charges that a “campaign” was launched against him after he filed a report asking that Cary refrain from hearing children’s confessions at St. Francis pending investigation of an incident involving a male teen.

“Prior to Easter 2013, a teen-aged boy attended confession at the St. Francis Church on what is called reconciliation night,” the complaint states. “There were numerous priests available … The boy entered a private confessional with Bishop Cary, who kept…