ST. LOUIS (MO)
WTHR
By WTHR Channel 13
ST. LOUIS –
The head of the Archdiocese of St. Louis said in a deposition he didn’t know it was a crime for a priest to have sex with a child.
In the deposition given last month, but just released this week, Archbishop Robert Carlson said under oath he couldn’t recall details of how he handled allegations of abuse against a Minnesota priest decades ago.
“Archbishop, you knew it was a crime for an adult to engage in sex with a kid,” Carlson was asked in the deposition.
“I’m not sure I knew whether it was a crime or not,” Carlson replied.
Carlson, who served as chancellor of the Twin Cities archdiocese in the 1980s also said he didn’t go to authorities in 1984 when the priest admitted that he engaged in sexual conduct with a minor.
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