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Mississauga News
By Roger Belgrave
PEEL— A U.S.-based advocacy group for survivors of abuse has blasted Peel’s Catholic school board for its limited disclosure or outright silence when staff members are facing allegations of criminal wrongdoing, such as child sexual abuse.
The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) is calling on Toronto Cardinal Thomas Collins to discipline top administrators at the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board for the ongoing practice.
This condemnation and demand for public admonishment from south of the border comes after it was learned local school board officials kept quiet about the sexual abuse allegations recently lodged against a priest who had worked in administrative offices and schools since 2008.
Accusations against Father James Roth surfaced last January when the victim reported the allegations.
Roth, who worked as a priest-in-residence with the board, was a member of the Oblates of St. Francis De Sales order based in Ohio. He was on assignment with the Archdiocese of Toronto and worked with the local school board as well as parishes in Mississauga.
The 61-year-old was removed from ministry after the allegations were reported to the Oblates and he was recalled to the U.S.
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