KANSAS CITY (MO)
KCTV 5
November 28, 2018
By Chris Oberholtz &Angie Ricono
The Catholic church is under the microscope according to Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley, but some key people say that is not true.
A new opinion column in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch blasts Hawley’s office and their investigation of the Catholic church. Hawley has blasted back.
“I think a lot more needs to be done,” said Kansas City attorney Rebecca Randles.
She has spent more than a decade investigating the Catholic church and trying to hold predators priests and the church itself accountable.
“We’ve spoken to over 400 witnesses concerning childhood sexual abuse in the Kansas City Diocese … not in any of the other diocese, just Kansas City,” Randles said.
KCTV5 News spoke with Randles months ago, and at that time she was concerned about how the investigation was unfolding.
“There needs to be an outreach to victims. None of our clients have received any outreach,” she said.
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