NASHVILLE (TN)
WZTV
November 9, 2018
By Harriet Wallace
Mike Coode is 79 years old. The trauma of what he says happened to him starting at age 12 still haunts him.
“After that I was pretty nuts. I did crazy things because I felt guilty, like I needed to be punished. It hurts so bad. As I said, I was devastated,” said Mike Coode.
Coode, who is no longer a practicing Catholic, went to Catholic school and church in Nashville and says a priest molested him for more than 10 years. He claims the Diocese protects guilty priests and continues to do so.
“All we’ve ever wanted was the truth, and they won’t give it to us,” said Coode.
What the Nashville Diocese is giving up are the names of 13 priests accused of molesting kids. Nine are dead, two are in prison and two are no longer acting priests. Diocese spokesman Rick Musacchio says the Diocese is being transparent and doing right by the victims.
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