Victims accuse Cardinal DiNardo of concealing Iowa sex abuse in calling for his resignation

DES MOINES (IA)
Des Moines Register

January 1, 2019

By Shelby Fleig

Survivors of sex abuse by Catholic clergy are calling for the resignation of Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, the former bishop of Sioux City, from his post as President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).

DiNardo, currently the archbishop of Galveston-Houston, is accused of covering up abuse cases in both Iowa and Texas. According to a statement released by the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), DiNardo helped conceal admitted abuse by the Rev. Jerome Coyle and allegations against the Rev. George B. McFadden while serving as bishop of Sioux City from 1997 to 2004.

“SNAP believes that the Cardinal’s role in covering up abuse in both Sioux City and Houston make him unfit to lead the USCCB,” SNAP said in the statement. If law enforcement seized records from the Sioux City diocese, “they would find that additional crimes were concealed” by DiNardo and others, the statement read. The group first called for DiNardo’s resignation in November.

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