Providence Bishop Thomas J. Tobin says abuse was outside his responsibility

PROVIDENCE (RI)
Providence Journal

August 21, 2018

Tobin was auxiliary bishop of Pittsburgh at time of incidents covered in grand jury report on the Catholic Church’s cover-up of sexual abuse.

During his earlier years in Pittsburgh, Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas J. Tobin acknowledges he “became aware of incidents of sexual abuse when they were reported to the diocese.”

But in response Tuesday to questions posed earlier about what he knew, when he knew it — and what he did about it, the Providence-based bishop says these allegations were outside his realm of responsibility.

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