LINCOLN (NE)
KLKN TV
May 2, 2019
By Bayley Bischof
The Lincoln and Omaha diocese went before a district court judge pleading for more time to comply with an expansive subpoena of their history.
In the audience were Kyle and Lauren O’Donnell, a Lincoln couple raised catholic.
“I trusted them,” Kyle said.
They don’t, anymore. Kyle said even going to Sunday mass like he’s done his entire life is painful.
Lauren said while their faith in Christ remains strong, their faith in the church is crumbling, and they’re not going to shove it under the rug.
“We have a personal responsibility to make sure justice is served, that victims get the justice they deserve and people know the truth,” she said.
The truth, the Diocese say is impossible to release in the amount of time the Attorney General gave them.
Attorney General Doug Peterson ordered Nebraska churches to hand in decades worth of history regarding sexual assault, child abuse and misconduct on March 1, 2019. He gave the churches three days to comply.
The subpoenas came after Peterson asked the churches to voluntarily comply in September 2018.
An attorney with Peterson’s office asked the judge to dismiss the Diocese’s claims, saying they’ve had enough time.
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