Denver Archdiocese vocations director speaks on priest hiring process ahead of new abuse report

DENVER (CO)
KDVR

October 16, 2019

By Joe St. George

Rev. Ryan O’Neill, vocations director for the Archdiocese of Denver, is responsible for every new priest that joins the seminary.

“That’s something I definitely take seriously,” O’Neill said.

Ahead of a new Colorado Catholic Church report set to be released by the Attorney General’s Office in the new few weeks, O’Neill sat down with FOX31 to discuss how the archdiocese works to keep abusers out of the church.

“Are you confident that the young men studying to be priests in this seminary are good guys?” FOX31 reporter Joe St. George asked.

“I am,” O’Neill said.

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