LITTLE ROCK (AR)
KATV

September 11, 2018

By Nick Popham

Twelve former Arkansas clergy have been listed by the Diocese of Little Rock as having credible allegations of sexually abusing minors against them.

More than half of the clergy on this list are no longer alive, but the bishop of the Diocese of Little Rock felt that it was necessary to share all 12 of these names.

Bill Lindsey’s first reaction came slightly from relief.

“At last, they have taken that step,” the volunteer with the Survivor’s Network of Those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, said.

At last, according to Lindsey, the Diocese of Little Rock has formally released a list of 12 former clergy with credible allegations that they sexually abused minors.

It comes in the wake of a sweeping grand jury report on clergy abusing children in Pennsylvania.