CALIFORNIA
Neepawa Press
Gillian Flaccus / The Associated Press
November 12, 2014
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – A high-ranking Roman Catholic monsignor with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles who was accused of sex abuse says he is “deeply happy and grateful” to be exonerated by an internal Vatican tribunal.
Msgr. Richard Loomis made the comments Wednesday in a written statement to The Associated Press. He says people should pray for wrongly accused priests.
Loomis had been on leave since he was accused of sex abuse in 2003 but is once more a priest in good standing.
The alleged victim says he was never contacted by the Vatican tribunal and was unaware it had been examining the case for a decade.
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