Bishops criticized for praising sex offender in New Zealand

PARIS (FRANCE)
La Croix International

May 7, 2019

Bishops who attended the funeral of a New Zealand priest accused of child sexual abuse have been criticized for speaking sympathetically of his plight rather than apologizing for his transgressions.

Father Thomas “Tom” Laffey admitted in 2003 that he had molested a teenager at St. Mary of the Angels Church in Wellington.

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