BishopAccountability.org has identified 90 priests and brothers with ties to the Philippines who have been publicly accused of sexually abusing minors.

This database includes: Filipino priests accused of sexually abusing minors in the Philippines; Filipino priests who served part of their priesthood in the Philippines but who are accused of sexually abusing minors while working in the U.S.; and accused clergy from other countries who served part of their priesthood in the Philippines.

The external mechanisms that have forced accountability by Catholic bishops elsewhere – litigation by victims, probes of church entities by prosecutors, inquiries by government commissions, and substantial investigations by local news media – have occurred little or not at all in the world’s third largest Catholic country.

Fr. Arnel Fuentes Lagarejos

The database reveals the distinctive aspects…