PHOENIX (AZ)
Arizona Republic
August 25, 2018
By Michael Kiefer,
A Pennsylvania grand-jury report has reignited international interest in the history and cover-up of sexual abuse by priests, especially abuse of children.
And it brought back memories of a similar crisis 15 years ago in the Phoenix diocese of the Roman Catholic Church.
In 2003, former Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley forced then-Bishop Thomas O’Brien into an admission of cover-up after an investigation that involved hundreds of thousands of pages of diocese records and the testimony of a priest who wouldn’t look the other way.
Six priests were indicted; two fled the country; others were sued in civil court.
And the Phoenix diocese was made to accept conditions to try to prevent future abuses.
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