EVANSVILLE (IN)
Courier & Press
September 21, 2018
By Abbey Doyle
Evansville Bishop Joseph M. Siegel announced Thursday the Evansville Diocese will collect and release the names of priests in the diocese who have been credibly accused of sexual abuse of minors over the years.
Siegel declined to give any kind of timeline for the release of names.
“We are doing this in the hope that the listing of these priests and their current statuses will help in the process of healing for those who have been affected by clergy sexual abuse,” Siegel told The Message, the diocese newspaper. “We also hope it may encourage others who have experienced sexual abuse by clergy or other church ministers to come forward.”
This announcement comes about two weeks after an Evansville Diocese priest was put on administrative leave after the diocese received a report of sexual misconduct.
Father David Fleck denies the claim of sexual misconduct that reportedly happened decades ago, according to the statement from the diocese.
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