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MLive
By Michael Kransz mkransz@mlive.com
SAGINAW TWP, MI — The Catholic Diocese of Saginaw will name five additional priests with sexual abuse complaints later Friday, bringing the total to seven amid an ongoing criminal investigation.
Bishop Joseph R. Cistone confirmed at a press conference Friday, April 13, that the diocese will publish the names of those priests on its website. Cistone also announced that Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Michael J. Talbot will serve as the independent delegate for the investigation.
“It’s my sincere hope that this will bring renewed courage to victims and their families to come forward with a fuller expectation of fairness, justice and healing,” Cistone said. “I believe we need what I will call a ‘fresh start’ … ‘a reboot.'”
The announcement of Talbot as an independent delegate comes nearly a month after Cistone’s home, along with two diocese properties, were raided by police.
The search warrants, which saw the seizing of documents, records and computers, were executed after prosecutors allege diocese officials failed to fully cooperate in the ongoing investigation into sexual abuse within the Catholic Diocese of Saginaw.
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