EVANSVILLE (IN)
Evansville Courier & Press
April 1, 2019
By Jon Webb
“Happy Birthday!”
“Father Joseph Clauss, a retired priest of the Diocese of Evansville, celebrates his birthday Sept. 27. He resides at Guadeloupe Retreat Center.”
That was one of several upbeat messages appearing in diocesan newspaper The Message all through the 1990s. The paper consistently marked Clauss’ birthday and the anniversary of his ordination.
But it never mentioned the reason for his “retirement.” Or why he lived at a complex in Southern California.
In 2002, the truth finally came out: Clauss was an “incurable pedophile.”
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