Retired priest: Concerns about sexual abuse were ignored

POMPTON PLAINS (NJ)
News 12

September 10, 2018

A retired Catholic priest says his concerns about sexual abuse in his diocese were initially ignored.

Father Ken Lasch says he contacted the Boston Diocese several months ago about allegations of sexual abuse in his parish in New Jersey. He contacted Boston because the cardinal there is also the chair of the Papal Commission on Sexual Abuse.

Lasch says that when he initially contacted Cardinal Sean O’Malley, he was told by O’Malley’s secretary that the incident was out of his jurisdiction.

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