DES MOINES (IA)
KTIV TV
June 3, 2019
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller has asked for information on records of clergy sexual abuse from all four Catholic dioceses in Iowa.
In the letters sent to the bishops, Miller says his office met with survivors of abuse by clergy, and the survivors urged them to investigate and, quote “bring attention to the injustice they and others have suffered.” Miller’s office wants lists of all priests, deacons, or other clergy who have been deemed as “credibly accused” of sexual abuse by the dioceses. Miller’s office also wants the definition of “credibly accused,” “sexual misconduct” and “sexual abuse.” The attorney general has also requested lists of accused clergy in which the dioceses deemed the accusation “not credible.”
In addition, Miller wants notes from meetings of diocesan boards of review that were convened to consider accusations, the documentation of reports of abuse received by diocesan officials and actions taken, and copies of all settlement agreements that diocesan officials entered into with abuse survivors.
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