ST. LOUIS (MO)
Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests
October 25, 2018
The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston has announced that they will release the names of “credibly” accused priests in their diocese. The fact is, releasing of the names of credibly accused clerics should have been done years ago. And will Bishop Bransfield’s name be included on that list?
Hopefully the West Virginia attorney general is doing an investigation into the Wheeling-Charleston diocese. He should subpoena all the “secret archives” of the diocese and set up have a hotline for victims to be able to call, just like was done in the Pennsylvania grand jury. As we have seen in places like Buffalo, church officials cannot be trusted to release all the records they have. Outside law enforcement needs to get involved.
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