SHREVEPORT (LA)
The Shreveport Times
November 9, 2018
The top administrator for the Catholic Diocese of Shreveport announced late Friday that the diocese had received no reports of clerical abuse of children since at least 1986.
The Rev. Peter B. Mangum, diocesan administrator, made the announcement in a prepared statement just before 5 p.m.
Mangum said the announcement was based on a review of the files of all priests, living and dead, who served the diocese since its creation in 1986. Before then, the diocese was constituted differently as the Diocese of Alexandria-Shreveport.
Mangum said the review included priests in the diocese and those in religious orders, whether native or foreign born. The review included priests, bishops and deacons, he said.
Mangum was named diocesan administrator in August following the departure of Bishop Michael Duca for the Diocese of Baton Rouge. A new bishop has not been appointed.
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