SYRACUSE (NY)
Syracuse.com
December 5, 2018
By Dave Pasinski
“No, it can’t be. He was such a good priest.”
“I’m glad to finally see this man’s name made public. He damaged the lives of so many people”
“What a tragedy! For his victims and for him and for society and for the Church.”
“This should’ve been stopped long ago. It was the bishops’ fault that things went as bad as they did.”
These statements represent the range of reactions to the release of the names of Syracuse diocesan priests that were credibly found to have been sexual abusers. While it may come from a variety of motivations, Bishop Robert Cunningham deserves credit for publishing these names, but there is no joy in recognizing the history of what this represents.
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