NEW HAMPSHIRE
Concord Monitor

By RAY DUCKLER
Monitor staff
Saturday, January 16, 2016

They could be living anywhere, unchecked, unregistered and under no suspicion.

What’s to stop a priest who’s molested children from living where he chooses, free to mingle in your neighborhood, greet your kids, earn their trust, and yours?

Sometimes, absolutely nothing.

Our statute of limitations permits this freedom, from both supervision and prison, creating an irony 13 years ago that helped expose the church sex abuse scandal, while allowing priests guilty of horrific crimes to walk free.

Lots of priests admitted, in writing during the state’s investigation, that they had sexually molested children, yet these same priests went on with their lives, blending in with society, the public unaware of the danger they posed.

Further, there is no central method of tracking the number of priests charged, investigated or prosecuted since the New Hampshire…