DETROIT (MI)
The Detroit News
November 11, 2018
By Jennifer Chambers
The Detroit Archdiocese said Sunday it has determined that an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor by a monsignor to be credible and is asking anyone who has been abused to contact police.
Detroit Archdiocese spokesman Ned McGrath issued a statement saying an allegation involving Monsignor Thadddeus Ozog was brought to the archdiocesan review board and “has been deemed credible.”
“The Detroit Archdiocese — as is its practice — shared the complaint against him with civil authorities,” McGrath said in the statement dated Saturday. “The Review Board also commissioned an independent investigation of the allegation. When presented to the Review Board, the findings from that investigation were found to be credible, that is, having a ‘semblance of truth.’ ”
McGrath declined to provide the age of the victim at the time of the alleged abuse, the year it is alleged to have happened, details or the current age of the person, other than to say he now is an adult.
The victim approached the archdiocese three years ago to report the abuse, McGrath said, but was unable to assist in an investigation at the time. The victim again contacted the archdiocese this summer and was able to assist the review board in its investigation, McGrath said.
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