Church Militant blog
Dec. 4, 2019
By Kristine Christlieb
A Kentucky layman wants his bishop investigated for allegedly covering up clergy sex abuse.
Michael Montgomery, a life-long Catholic, is calling for Owensboro Bp. William Medley to be investigated for his role in reportedly covering up clerical abuse and moving problem priests to unsuspecting parishes.
Using new clergy accountability guidelines issued by Pope Francis in June, Montgomery is testing the Vatican’s commitment to holding Church administrators accountable for their role in the clergy abuse scandals.
The guidelines address both investigations of clerical abusers as well as administrators whose actions “interfere with or avoid civil investigations or canonical investigations.” In his former role as the director of the Office of Clergy Personnel for the archdiocese of Louisville, Medley was directly involved with all clergy personnel matters, including sex abuse cases.
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