MOBILE (AL)
AL.com
November 9, 2018
By Christopher Harress
The Archdiocese of Mobile announced Friday that it will publish a list of clergy removed from the ministry due to accusations of child sex abuse dating back to the 1950s.
The dioceses of Birmingham, Biloxi, and Jackson (MS) will also produce lists of clergy accused of similar abuses, according to the press release.
“It is a time-consuming effort to examine each clergy personnel file from the last almost 7 decades,” said the Archbishop of Mobile Thomas J. Rodi. “This effort is underway and will be completed as quickly as possible.”
The announcement comes a week after the Archdiocese of New Orleans released the names of 57 priests and other clergy that faced “credible” accusations of child sex abuse. All of those accused have since died or been removed from the clergy, according to the Archbishop of New Orleans Gregory Aymond.
Of the total, 20 priests named by Aymond were also responsible for investigating the child sex abuse accusations.
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