MEMPHIS (TN)
Daily Memphian
February 16, 2019
By Bill Dries
The first bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Memphis is among 42 priests from the Catholic Diocese of Richmond, Virginia, who have been accused of child sexual abuse over several decades.
Carroll Dozier’s name is on a list released Thursday by Richmond Bishop Barry C. Knestout. Knestout is the latest U.S. bishop in recent years to release such a list.
Knestout said all of those on the list had “a credible and substantiated claim of sexual abuse against a minor” that was reported to church leaders either in Richmond or elsewhere.
In Dozier’s case, the allegation was made to church officials after his death in 1985.
The listing provided no further details of the allegation or when and where the alleged abuse happened.
The Richmond Diocese released four lists of alleged abusers based on where they were ordained. Dozier appears on the list of priests who were ordained in Richmond and served there.
Knestout decided who would be on the list in consultation with canonical advisers in the Richmond Diocese.
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