STOCKTON (CA)
The Stockton Record
November 12 2020
By Bob Highfill
https://www.recordnet.com/story/news/crime/2020/11/12/credibly-accused-diocese-stocktons-updated-list-includes-27-priests-and-two-brothers-who-faced-credi/6269083002/
The Diocese of Stockton has released an expanded and updated list of priests who have been credibly accused of sexual abuse of a child.
The diocese added the names of 27 priests and two religious order brothers who have served in the Diocese of Stockton and faced credible accusations elsewhere. The original list published in 2017 during bankruptcy proceedings included only clergy who were accused of abuse that occurred within the diocese or who were accused while serving within the diocese.
No one on the updated list currently serves with the Diocese of Stockton.
Bishop Myron J. Cotta said the update is a vital part of the Church’s effort to confront and atone for the sins of the past.
“The process of atoning for the horrible sins of clergy sexual abuse requires us to continually revisit this list and seek to make it as thorough as we can,” Cotta said. “A thorough, honest and open accounting of the sins of the past is necessary if our Church and the many victim-survivors of clergy abuse are to find healing.”
The updated list was prepared following a review of more than 1,850 diocese personnel files by Kinsale Management Consulting led by Dr. Kathleen McChesney, a former executive assistant director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and a founding member of the Office of Child Protection at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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