PROVIDENCE (RI)
GoLocalProv News Team

July 1, 2019

The Diocese of Providence on Monday morning released the names of clergy, diocesan and religious order priests as well as deacons, who have been “credibly” accused of sexual abuse of minors. Bishop Tobin stated last year that the names would be released in 2019.

In February, the Diocese of Providence’s Rhode Island Catholic Conference in written testimony to the House Judiciary Committee disclosed that the church has made tens of millions of dollars in payments to sexual abuse victims over the past few decades.

The testimony had been offered in opposition to legislation — recently passed by the General Assembly — to extend the statute of limitation of those who are sexually abused from the existing seven years to up to 35 years.

Payments to Victims

The disclosure of the payments may, in part, be an indicator as to the Diocese’s…