UNITED STATES
The Worthy Adversary
September 7, 2018
By Joelle Casteix
While New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and other parts of the country explode with scandal and investigation into clergy sex abuse and cover-up, a little pot of disrepute is simmering in one Southern California Diocese.
Welcome to San Diego
The Diocese of San Diego is well known to readers of this blog.
It’s the home of Jose Alexis Davila, who was allowed to remain a priest in three dioceses after pleading guilty to sex crimes.
It’s the diocese where the priest who admitted to destroying evidence in child sex abuse cases was assigned to answer the sex abuse hotline.
It’s the diocese that kept parishioners in the dark about one of their priests who was criminally charged (and later convicted) of criminal sexual conduct in another state.
But now, something really fishy is going on.
Bishop Robert McElroy is up to something totally different. Yesterday, he announced that they are “conducting an internal review” and will be releasing the names of previously undisclosed credibly accused priests.
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