NEW YORK
The Post-Journal (Jamestown NY)
September 2, 2018
By Derek Smith
In addition to the governor’s race, New Yorkers will vote for a new attorney general in November. Democrats will choose their general election candidates in the September primary. Chief among our concerns should be the degree to which the candidates intend to pursue sexual abuse crimes and cover-ups by the Catholic Church.
If we have learned anything from the recent revelations in Pennsylvania, where the AG Josh Shapiro identified roughly 1,000 victims of child abuse, it’s that we cannot expect these sickening abuses of power and corruption to appear without aggressive investigation. Clearly we cannot rely on the crooked power-brokers in the Catholic Church to speak up. Our local authorities’ response was severely disheartening. District Attorney Swanson’s concern for the matter was uninspiring, claiming that a joint investigation with the Erie County office would be “of interest.” Perhaps systematic church sanctioned pedophilia deserves a higher classification in DA’s offices than “of interest.”
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