MICHIGAN
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by Dillon Hess on 09/12/2015
More than a decade after the death of a priest who worked in 17 Detroit-area communities over 40 years, the Archdiocese of Detroit has looked into a sexual abuse allegation against the clergyman and found it to be credible.
He died in 2004 at the age of 65. But church officials “put no time limits on the reporting of sexual abuse of minors” by members of the priesthood or any other personnel connected with churches and related institutions such as parochial schools and seminaries, said Joe Kohn, spokesman for the Archdiocese of Detroit.
Mr. Kohn declined to specify where or when it occurred. They released the information in order to find any other victims and offer them counseling services. West served in about 20 parishes across southeast MI.
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