UNITED STATES
Adam Horowitz Law (law firm blog)
February 22, 2020
More bishops are being more open about abuse, right?
Nope. Not really.
Consider these cases from Mississippi, Virginia and Missouri publicized just this week.
—–Case One: Fr. Paul Victor Canonici just died. He’s a credibly accused child molesting cleric who was ‘outed’ by Bishop Joseph Kopacz.
But according to the local newspaper in Jackson:
Over the course of his tenure, Fr. Canonici served as the diocesan superintendent of education, assistant principal and then principal of St. Joseph High School in Madison, as well as the priest for multiple parishes throughout the Jackson metro area.
He retired when he was in his mid 70s. Despite his five decades with the diocese, he’s not listed on the church’s website of retired priests.
What possible reason would Bishop Kopacz have for keeping Fr. Canonici OFF his ‘retired priests’ list?
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