NEW YORK
Syracuse.com
By John O’Brien | jobrien@syracuse.com
on December 12, 2014
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Catholic Diocese of Syracuse has found credible evidence that as many as nine of its priests sexually abused children, but has not made their names public.
Bishop Robert Cunningham might change that. He’s considering publishing the names of every priest against whom the church has found credible allegations of child sexual abuse.
Cunningham said he’s been thinking about a request from Kevin Braney, a Colorado man who says Monsignor Charles Eckermann raped him as a child at a Manlius church 25 years ago.
Eckermann would be on the list. The diocese and the Vatican found Braney’s accusations credible.
Braney asked Cunningham to consider following the lead of the Rochester diocese, which publishes the names of the accused priests.
Rochester is one 27 dioceses out of the 194 in the U.S. that publishes the names, according to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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