Investigator says Pueblo Diocese has system in place that could improve handling of child sex abuse cases

PUEBLO (CO)
Pueblo Chieftain

December 3, 2020

By Robert Boczkiewicz

https://www.chieftain.com/story/news/2020/12/03/investigator-says-pueblo-diocese-has-systems-handle-abuse-claims/3810142001/

Denver – An investigator of child sexual abuse by Catholic priests says the Pueblo Diocese has set up systems that would significantly improve its handling of reports of misconduct.

Investigator Bob Troyer, a former federal prosecutor, also says the systems — which are new — are yet untested.

Troyer worked this year and last for the Colorado Attorney General’s Office to delve into hundreds of cases of sexual assaults by priests in the state’s three dioceses: Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Denver.

In Tuesday’s report, Troyer said at least 59 children were sexually abused by 23 priests from 1950 to 1999 in the Pueblo Diocese which stretches across Southern Colorado.

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