SHREVEPORT (LA)
ArkLaTex.com
November 10, 2018
By Nancy Cook
In a statement issued Friday, the Very Rev. Peter Mangum, administrator of the Catholic Diocese of Shreveport, said no allegation of sexual abuse of a minor by a clergy member has been received since the diocese was formed in 1986.
In the statement, Mangum stressed that is consistent with the findings of many dioceses, as most of the accusations nationwide are from incidents that occurred decades ago.
That’s not to say there weren’t area priests accused of sexual misconduct, only that if there were, the accusations came prior to Shreveport becoming a stand-alone diocese.
Prior to 1986, Shreveport and Monroe were part of the Alexandria-Shreveport Catholic Diocese, meaning any local allegations would have been submitted to the bishop in Alexandria.
After the diocese split, many of the priests serving in churches that became part of the Shreveport Diocese became a part of the new diocese.
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