KANSAS CITY (MO)
KSHB TV
Sept. 6, 2019
By Tom Dempsey
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph released a list on Friday of 24 priests credibly accused of sexual abuse.
The report followed an investigation organized by the diocese earlier this year involving former FBI agents who were given access to church documents dating back to 1956.
Of the 24 priests listed in the report, 19 were official members of the diocese.
The majority of the priests have since died, with many of the cases dating back decades.
For David Biersmith, one of the names brought back memories of horrors his two sons allegedly experienced back in the 1970s.
“Physically, they were raped. I don’t know how else to say it,” he told 41 Action News. “It happened when they were 9, 10 and 11.”
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