JEFFERSONVILLE (IN)
WHAS
October 17, 2018
By Dennis Ting
It’s hard to miss St. Augustine Catholic Church with its metal crosses towering in the sky at the corner of Locust Street and Chestnut Street in Jeffersonville, but there are some things at the church that have not been as obvious until now.
“A lot of people have been let down by the Church, so we’re doing all that we can to try to make right some of these wrongs,” Father Doug Marcotte, the pastor of St. Augustine, said.
The Archdiocese of Indianapolis released a list last week of clergy “credibly accused” of sexually abusing children.
The Archdiocese said an allegation was deemed credible “if, after a thorough investigation and review of available information, the accusation was determined to be more likely to be true than not in the judgment of the Archdiocesan Review Board.”
“I pray the release of this list of credibly accused clergy will help all survivors of sexual abuse find the strength to come forward and will set them on the path to healing,” Archbishop of Indianapolis Reverend Charles C. Thompson said. “I apologize to all victims for the abuse that was done to them and for the failure of the Church to keep them from harm. I pledge to do everything within my power to protect our youth.”
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