FORT WAYNE (IN)
The Journal Gazette
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Archie Ingersoll | The Journal Gazette
Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades said he found himself in a dark place after learning that for the second time in two years, a priest at St. Joseph Catholic Church-Hessen Cassel had been accused of sexually abusing a minor.
“I thought: How can this happen again? How can the church do its mission when confronted by these internal problems?” Rhoades told parishioners during a Saturday evening Mass at the church on the south end of Fort Wayne.
Rhoades, bishop of the Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocese, came to perform the Mass and show support for the church which has been caught in the swirl of two sexual abuse scandals.
The most recent one involves the Rev. Cornelius Ryan, 76. He was removed as the parish administrator June 10 after an allegation surfaced that he abused a young male 20 years ago in Uganda, where he served as a priest, church officials said. The victim’s age has not been released.
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