WASHINGTON (DC)
WJLA TV
July 15, 2019
If you ask Tom Doyle to describe himself he would say a former priest and Catholic Church attorney who now helps priest sex abuse survivors by testifying in court cases as an expert on the policies and practices of the Church. Doyle also consults for states and nations investigation child sex abuse.
In a sense, Doyle is a whistle blower for how the Catholic Church used to, and presently, operates.
He says leadership within the Catholic Church is doing much better in terms of preventing pedophile priests from abusing and helping abuse survivors get help. But he says the lies continue and for that reason shared his thoughts with ABC7 News for The 50 Year Secret.
Tom Doyle was an active priest from 1970 to 2004. He also served as a US Air Force Chaplain for nearly 20 years.
Doyle now testifies on behalf of abuse survivors and consults for states and nations investigated priest sex abuse. He’s certified expert on Canon Law.
“I have been involved in this, directly involved since the very beginning and no one else has. I was involved in the middle, in the inside of the Roman Catholic Church. I worked at the Vatican Embassy.”
Doyle was an attorney for the Catholic Church in the 1980s.
During that time, he looked at widespread allegations of priest sex abuse in a Louisiana diocese that erupted in scandal.
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