Ex-priest's indecent assault trial ends
CANADA
CBC NewsThe trial of Catholic priest Charles Picot wrapped up in Campbellton provincial court Tuesday with Crown and defence lawyers presenting their final arguments.
Picot is charged with indecent assault against a teenage boy in the late 1970s.
Judge Ronald LeBlanc granted a request by the prosecution to expand the timeframe of the alleged offence.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 7:36 PM
Three Women Share $15,500 in Second Round of Voice of the Faithful Emily & Rosemary Fund Grants
UNITED STATES
PRLogFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PRLog (Press Release) – Feb 08, 2011 – NEWTON, Mass. – Three women who reported losing employment because of discrimination are sharing $15,500 in awards from the second round of grants from the Voice of the Faithful’s Emily & Rosemary Fund for Women in the Church.
The recipients are Paula Beaton of Corpus Christi, Texas, Cathy Roldan of Vista, Calif., and Keisha Veryser of Charlevoix, Mich.
Lynette Petruska, formerly a Roman Catholic nun and now a St. Louis attorney, established the Emily & Rosemary Fund in 2009. The fund was established to support women who lose employment in the Roman Catholic Church as a result of injustice or discrimination and to help women who are working to bring about justice and equality in the Church. Petruska said she experienced injustice and discrimination after opposing sexual harassment and other sexual misconduct by priests at Gannon University, Erie, Penn., where she was appointed the first female chaplain in 1999.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 7:33 PM
Pastor Accused Of Sexually Assaulting His Daughters
CORPUS CHRISTI (TX)
KZTVCORPUS CHRISTI - Testimony started today in the trial of a pastor accused of sexually abusing his own daughters. Gerardo Gonzalez' now 17-year-old daughter claims she first remembers her father touching her inappropriately when she was 5-years-old. "Usually it was at night, we always had a time to put our pajamas on.. he was like hugging me but in a spooning position. All of the sudden he just puts his hands on me and starts touching me," the accuser told the jury.
She also testified that her father would routinely punish his children with a belt, "All of us were just scared of him, my mom, my brothers, my sister and me. I just heard the belt just hit her over and over again and she was just yelling. (He) hit my brother over and over and my mom would beg him please stop." The younger daughter also claims that her father put her hand on his penis once.
The older daughter, who is now in her 20's claims that she was sexually abused by her father at a bowling alley on Ayers and at the family's home on Angelo Street.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 7:30 PM
Bishop hopes settlement brings healing to survivors, renewal to church
WILMINGTON (DE)
Catholic SentinelCatholic News Service
WILMINGTON, Del. — Bishop W. Francis Malooly said he hopes and prays that the Diocese of Wilmington's recent settlement with survivors of clergy sexual abuse will begin the healing process for survivors and help the church "emerge purified and renewed."
The diocese late Feb. 2 reached an agreement to pay survivors of sexual abuse by priests more than $77.4 million to settle nearly 150 claims of abuse. The agreement will end pending lawsuits against the diocese and several parishes and commits the diocese to give to survivors its files on sexual abusers.
The agreement, pending approval of all creditors and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, could bring to an end by this summer the Chapter 11 process the diocese began in October 2009. The diocese declared bankruptcy to settle the cases filed by the survivors in a "fair and equitable way," while continuing the ministries of the church.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 7:28 PM
Catholic Diocese Finances Exposed in Bankruptcy Filing
MILWAUKEE (WI)
JDSupraSummary: The Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January after failing to come to agreements with two dozen claimants who are seeking legal redress for sex abuse suffered at the hands of clergy decades ago. In line with the bankruptcy procedures, the Archdiocese filed its financial statements in US Bankruptcy Court last Monday. According to the filing, the Archdiocese owns $40.7 million in assets and has $24 million in liabilities.
But the attorney representing the victims, Jeff Anderson said the financial statements were incomplete without giving any elaboration. Anderson went on to liken the Milwaukee Archdiocese with the Diocese of San Diego that was rapped by its bankruptcy judge in 2007 because of misrepresentation in its assets.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 7:26 PM
Mercure receiving benefits after being removed from ministry
NEW YORK/MASSACHUSETTS
WTENThe trial of a local Catholic priest accused of raping two young boys more than two decades ago is moving forward, however NEWS10 has learned that no matter the outcome of the trial, the ex-priest will still receive his full retirement benefits.
Ex-priest Gary Mercure, 62, is being tried in Berkshire County for allegedly taking young boys from Glens Falls to Massachuesetts and sexually abusing them.
While the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese removed Mercure from the ministry back in 2008, he has kept his title of priest and is still receiving his benefits.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 4:27 PM
Picketing priests
MARQUETTE (MI)
Upper Michigans Sorce[with video]
by Noël McLaren
MARQUETTE -- Andrew Anderson says he is a victim. The Marquette resident claims he was molested by a Father Donald Hartman in Champion 50 years ago, and today he wants justice. He hopes picketing outside of Saint Peter's Cathedral in Marquette will help.
"I did chores for him, eventually he had me in the basement of the church, in his bedroom," said Anderson. “He molested me 50 plus times at least once, twice a week."
The felonious Father was ordered to leave the parish as a result of the incident. Anderson says the punishment was weak since he was able to preach again in Caspian in the eighties, before his death in 1999.
"He got a slap on the hand, that's all he got for it," Anderson said.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 4:24 PM
Updated: Man Charged With Beating Los Gatos Priest to Appear in Court Wednesday
CALIFORNIA
Los Gatos PatchBy Sheila Sanchez
Supporters of William Lynch, charged with assaulting Father Jerold Lindner at the Sacred Heart Jesuit Center in Los Gatos on May 10, 2010, will gather at the Santa Clara County Superior Courthouse Wednesday morning to show support while he appears for his preliminary hearing.A hearing scheduled Tuesday morning was postponed until Wednesday, because the judge hearing the case is having surgery on her foot, said Lynch's attorney, Pat Harris.
The case had been assigned to Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Andrea Bryan, but because of the foot surgery, it has now been assigned to Judge David Cena in Department 34. "They'll put witnesses on to discuss whether or not there's enough evidence for the case to go to trial," said Harris.
"The wrong man is on trial," Harris said as he entered the courthouse early Tuesday morning to represent another client in another case.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 4:19 PM
Outside investigator to examine Facebook posts on priest abuse
OWENSBORO (KY)
Lexington Herald-LeaderBy Beth Wilberding — Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer
OWENSBORO — The Diocese of Owensboro announced Monday afternoon that it is using an independent investigator to examine allegations made in a Facebook note that an Owensboro man posted before fatally shooting himself in the parking lot of Blessed Mother Catholic Church on Thursday.
The Daviess Commonwealth Attorney's Office is having the Owensboro Police Department investigate as well.
David M. Jarboe, 23, posted about the "pain and torment" he experienced because of sexual abuse in the Catholic church. His body was found outside the church on Thursday morning.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 3:07 PM
German priest charged with collection plate pilfering
GERMANY
The Vancouver SunBERLIN — A retired German priest has been charged with 50 counts of fraud over the theft of $1.4 million worth of church donations, state prosecutors in Wuerzburg said on Tuesday.
The former Roman Catholic priest, aged 77, was detained in May on suspicion of taking donations and collection money from his church in Bavaria. Most of the money, including a large number of coins, was found in his apartment and bank accounts.
"A large portion of the money was recovered," Wuerzburg state prosecutor Dietrich Geuder told Reuters.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 3:05 PM
Priest charged with embezzling over €1 mln
GERMANY
The LocalA former Catholic priest in Bavaria is awaiting trial following after being charged with embezzling Church funds totalling over €1 million.
A retired clergyman, now 77, presided over several parishes in the Main-Spessart county, faces 50 counts of serious fraud for pocketing €1.088 million that was intended for a Church foundation and the diocese, according to state prosecutors in Würzburg.
Following a raid on his home, police discovered that the retired priest had been hoarding cash donated to the Church as well as a collection of other valuable objects such as rare coins.
He was also found to have used Church funds tied up in savings bonds and annuity agreements to channel money into accounts that only he had access to and that were unknown to the Church. A large part of the stolen cash was insured.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 3:01 PM
Former Ealing Abbey priest to stand trial
UNITED KINGDOM
Ealing GazetteFeb 8 2011 By Michael Russell
A FORMER Ealing Abbey priest as well as a retired maths teacher are to stand trial for child abuse.
Father David Pearce, 69, formerly of Ealing Abbey, Charlbury Grove, Ealing, and former teacher at nearby St Benedict's Catholic School in Eaton Rise, will face three counts of indecent assault against a boy.
At the same time John Maestri, 71, of Chatham, Kent, a former maths teacher, will face three charges of indecent assault against a boy.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 2:55 PM
Meisner verteidigt Zölibat gegen alle Kritik
DEUTSCHLAND
WeltDie Kritik zahlreicher Theologen am Zölibat lässt den Kölner Erzbischof kalt. Das Gebot der Ehelosigkeit sei unverzichtbar und dem Priesterberuf angemessen.
Der Kölner Kardinal Joachim Meisner ist strikt gegen eine Lockerung des Zölibats. Die Ehelosigkeit sei für katholische Priester nach wie vor unverzichtbar und von hoher Bedeutung, heißt es in einer Erklärung des Erzbischofs.
Rund 150 katholische Theologen hatten kürzlich in einem Appell an die katholischen Bischöfe Reformen gefordert, unter anderem die Zulassung von verheirateten Priestern. Auch prominente katholische CDU-Politiker stellten in einem Brief an die katholische Deutsche Bischofskonferenz den Zölibat infrage.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 2:53 PM
Janitor accused of killing Chatham priest confessed to crime 2 days later, transcript shows
CHATHAM (NJ)
The Star-LedgerBy Ben Horowitz/The Star-Ledger
CHATHAM — In an interview with an investigator two days after the Rev. Edward Hinds was stabbed to death, his accused assailant, Jose Feliciano, detailed his account of his relationship with the Chatham priest and told police he wound up killing him, according to a transcript.
Feliciano said Hinds had initiated a sexual relationship with him four years earlier and he was trying to end it, Feliciano said in the interview on Oct. 24, 2009 with Capt. Jeffrey Paul of the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office.
Hinds said he would fire him if he ended the relationship and Feliciano said he stabbed him as a result, the transcript says. Feliciano, 65, of Easton, Pa. is accused of murder.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 2:50 PM
Transcript: Janitor accused of killing Chatham priest confessed to crime
CHATHAM (NJ)
NorthJersey.comTuesday, February 8, 2011
NorthJersey.comAccording to a transcript of an interview with an investigator two days after the Rev. Edward Hinds was stabbed to death, accused assailant Jose Feliciano detailed his account of his relationship with the Chatham priest and told police he killed him, according to a report on NJ.com.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 2:48 PM
Vatican Lineup for Clergy Sex Abuse Super Bowl I, 2.7.2011
UNITED STATES
Voice from the DesertFrank Douglas
FEBRUARY 7, 2011
The Voice from the Desert International Sports Information Network (ISPIN) is pleased to announce the starting lineup for the Vatican for the Clergy Sex Abuse Super Bowl I which will be played in Rio de Janeiro at the Maracanã Soccer Stadium tonight at 7:00 PM, EST, February 7.
The starting lineup for the Survivor-Advocate All Stars was published on this blog previously.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 11:56 AM
139 pedofiele paters en broeders sinds 1960
BELGIE
hbvlSinds 1960 telden de religieuze ordes en abdijen in België in totaal 139 daders van seksueel misbruik tegen minderjarigen, van wie 109 in Vlaanderen. Dat deelden ze mee in een brief aan de Kamercommissie Seksueel Misbruik in de Kerk. 35 van deze daders zijn al overleden, van wie 24 in Vlaanderen.
Van die 139 verdachten kregen slechts 28 een effectieve straf (2 in Wallonië). Er waren ook drie vrijspraken (1 in Wallonië). 19 broeders of paters werden overgeplaatst naar een ander bisdom of een ander land (3 in Wallonië). Na het uitlekken van de zaak tegen bisschop Roger Vangheluwe kregen de religieuze ordes en abdijen geen enkele nieuwe klacht binnen.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 10:54 AM
Unprecedented look at archdiocese finances
MILWAUKEE (WI)
Janesville GazetteMILWAUKEE (AP) — The Archdiocese of Milwaukee has provided a rare look at its finances with a federal bankruptcy court filing.
Financial statements filed Monday show the archdiocese has nearly $41 million in assets and $24 million in liabilities. The archdiocese filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January after it failed to reach a settlement with two dozen victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 9:17 AM
Priest trial winds down
PITTSFIELD (MA)
Berkshire EagleBy Conor Berry, Berkshire Eagle Staff,
Tuesday February 8, 2011PITTSFIELD -- Testimony from a New York prosecutor and a DNA expert were among Monday's highlights in the trial of a former priest accused of raping two altar boys in Berkshire County more than 20 years ago.
Gary Mercure, who was permanently removed from ministry by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany in 2008, denies sexually assaulting the altar boys as a diocesan priest in Queensbury, N.Y., in the 1980s. Prosecutors maintain that Mercure raped the boys, both from New York and now in their 30s, during separate incidents in 1986 and 1989 in the Great Barrington area and New Ashford.
Warren County District Attorney Kathleen B. Hogan took the stand in Berkshire Superior Court Monday to explain her role in contacting Massachusetts and Vermont authorities about alleged assaults in those states. Mercure couldn't be prosecuted for alleged New York crimes because the statute of limitations for bringing charges in that state had elapsed, according to Hogan, who then contacted officials in the neighboring jurisdictions.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 7:37 AM
Abuse settlement lifts financial burden from St. Elizabeth's
WILMINGTON (De)
The News JournalBy GARY SOULSMAN • The News Journal • February 8, 2011
WILMINGTON -- As parishioner Flo Yezek laid out cakes and lemon squares before the 7 a.m. Mass on Sunday, she breathed a sigh of relief that St. Elizabeth Catholic Parish would be spared having to pay a $3 million jury award.
"It's a lot of money," said Yezek, thinking of the schools in her parish.
The high school and elementary school have 750 students and 80 employees.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 7:34 AM
DELAWARE: Wilmington school closing after diocese settlement
WILMINGTON (DE)
Delmarva NowASSOCIATED PRESS • February 8, 2011
WILMINGTON — A 125-year-old Wilmington school is closing at the end of the school year as part of the fallout from a settlement between the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington and alleged victims of priest sexual abuse.
St. Paul School on North Van Buren Street is losing the financial support it relies on from the Catholic Diocese Foundation, which his being liquidated to help pay the settlement reached last week.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 7:32 AM
Protest held outside Diocese of Venice
VENICE (FL)
WWSBReported by: Josh Taylor
Email: jtaylor@mysuncoast.comVENICE - A peaceful protest was held in front of the Catholic Diocese of Venice Monday afternoon. Demonstrators were with the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, known as SNAP.
They say they're upset over the church’s reaction to the arrest of Catholic friar last week. However, the church says the criticism isn't fair because the man accused has nothing to do with them.
There was no yelling, no rah rah chants…just a handful of local residents holding what they say are pictures of victims of abuse at the hands of priests.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 7:27 AM
4th bishop from Wichita ordained since 1998
WICHITA (KS)
The Wichita EagleBY STAN FINGER
The Wichita EagleThey gathered for a group photograph on a bitterly cold February day in western Kansas, resplendent in their bishop's miters and vestments.
When the Rev. John Brungardt was ordained as the newest bishop of the Catholic diocese of Dodge City last week, he became the fourth Wichita priest to be named a bishop since the summer of 1998. ...
Beyond sexual abuse
Benedict XVI is striving to help the Catholic Church in America heal and move beyond the clergy sexual abuse scandal that has hounded it for years, Palmo said.
To do that, the pope is looking for and selecting bishops "who won't sweep the tough things under the rug," Palmo said. "Someone who can convey the teaching of the church with savvy, with substance, but also with great compassion."
These recent selections reflect a shift away from a mindset of bishop as administrator toward a bishop "as preacher, as teacher, as missionary," Palmo said.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 7:21 AM
Rape trial nears end
PITTSFIELD (MA)
Albany Times UnionBy Bob Gardinier Staff Writer
Published: 12:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 8, 2011PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- Closing arguments and jury deliberations are scheduled to begin on Wednesday in the trial of a defrocked Catholic priest in the Albany diocese charged with raping two altar boys more than 20 years ago.
One of the final witnesses Monday was Warren County District Attorney Kate Hogan, who testified that she got a call in January 2008 from Michael Costello, a lawyer with the Albany Roman Catholic Diocese, alerting her that the diocese was investigating possible criminal abuse of young boys by Gary Mercure when he served at Our Lady of the Annunciation Church in Queensbury. Mercure, referred to as Father Gary by trial witnesses, served at that church from 1982 to 1991, when he transferred to St. Mary's Church and St. Mary-St. Alphonsus Regional Catholic School, both in Glens Falls.
When Hogan received the call, Mercure, 62, was serving at Sacred Heart and St. William parishes in Troy. He was suspended from the ministry that same month. Mercure, who also served as a priest at St. Mary's in Clinton Heights and Our Lady of the Assumption in Latham, is free without bail.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 7:16 AM
Thomas Euteneuer's Possessed Penis.
FLORIDA
Broward-Palm Beach New TimesBy Brandon K. Thorp, Tue., Feb. 8 2011
Lookit that smile! Those chompers! Those crinkly eyes! That soft auburn hair! What woman wouldn't fall for Thomas Euteneuer?
Lots, apparently, which didn't stop Thomas from falling for them. Which is why the Catholic priest, exorcist, and pro-life activist is now unemployed and disgraced. Last week we all learned that Euteneuer resigned from the presidency of the anti-abortion Human Life International last summer, under pressure from that organization's Board of Directors, because he'd engaged in inappropriate sexual relations with a client, or whatever you call somebody who consults an exorcist. (Exorcee? Easy mark?) In a personal statement, Euteneuer was quick to emphasize that he'd liaised with only one woman -- in other words, that even if he's a bad priest, at least he's not a playa. Hogwash, says Human Life International. In a cruel twist of the screw, they now publicly insist that Eutenuer had inappropriate sexual liaisons with several clients -- while exorcising them! Could that mean Father Euteneuer's got the Devil in his drawers?
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 7:11 AM
Youth leader traded gifts for sex acts, court documents state
LITTLESTOWN (PA)
WHTM[with video]
Dara Rees
abc27 NewsLITTLESTOWN, Pa. (WHTM) - An Littlestown man charged with raping two borough teenagers told authorities he had sexual relationships with about 10 teen boys he met while volunteering as a youth minister at a Hanover church, according to court papers in the case.
The charging documents state that 35-year-old Jeffrey Crosley promised gifts such as fishing rods, guns and cigarettes in exchange for sex acts.
"He would take them fishing," Littlestown police Chief Charles Kellar said. "Then he would eventually convince these kids to do other things."
Kellar said police have received additional reports of sexual abuse involving Crosley since Friday, when he was arrested for rape and other crimes against a 16-year-old and another boy who was between the ages of 12 and 16. He remained in prison Monday on $500,000 bail.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 7:06 AM
St. Paul School first casualty of settlement
DELAWARE
The News JournalBy ESTEBAN PARRA • The News Journal • February 8, 2011
St. Paul School in Wilmington will close at the end of the academic year -- one of the first ministries to be affected by the $77.4 million settlement reached last week between the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington and survivors of priest abuse.
"It's very sad because the school has a 125-year history ... and a school like St. Paul is especially needed here in our neighborhood because it does provide a safe environment," said the Rev. Todd Carpenter, pastor of St. Paul Parish. "Unfortunately, declining enrollments, changing demographics and the current diocesan bankruptcy have challenged the ability of the parish to fund Saint Paul School."
Enrollment at the prekindergarten-through-eighth-grade school at 312 N. Van Buren St. has dwindled to 128 students this year. The school also was expected to lose $400,000 in support it relies on every year from the Catholic Diocese Foundation. The foundation, which was started in 1928 through a donation from John J. Raskob, is being liquidated to help pay the settlement between the diocese and survivors of priest abuse.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 7:00 AM
Funeral held for Owensboro man ...
OWENSBORO (KY)
Courier-JournalWritten by
Peter Smith
psmith@courier-journal.comOWENSBORO, Ky. — From the beginning to the end of his funeral Mass on Monday, loved ones celebrated David Jarboe Jr.'s generosity and friendliness even as they mourned his suicide last week after he left a Facebook posting on the “pain and torment” of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
An overflow crowd of family, former classmates and friends bade farewell to Jarboe at Blessed Mother Catholic Church, where he had been a member.
It was outside the church on Thursday that Jarboe took his life, leaving the Facebook posting, which prompted the Roman Catholic Diocese of Owensboro to launch an investigation.
The diocese on Monday released more details on its probe, saying Bishop William Medley would engage an independent investigator as recommended by the diocese's abuse review panel at a special meeting on Saturday.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 6:55 AM
Avoiding the blame game on abuse
UNITED STATES
National Catholic ReporterBy John L Allen Jr
ANALYSIS
On the heels of a cause célèbre in Ireland over a 1997 Vatican letter expressing doubts about “mandatory reporter” policies on sex abuse, another piece of Vatican correspondence has come to light, this one from 1984 and addressed to the then-bishop of Tucson, Ariz. It insists that “under no conditions” are the personnel files of a priest accused of misconduct (in this instance, not sexual abuse) to be turned over to civil lawyers.
The 1984 missive from the Congregation for the Clergy, then headed by Cardinal Silvio Oddi, to Tucson Bishop Manuel Moreno was released by BishopAccountability.org, and is being cited as another example of a Vatican policy against cooperation with police and prosecutors.
Anyone who thinks these two letters are the end of the line is in denial. Diocesan archives all over the world are undoubtedly stuffed with letters from Vatican officials advising bishops to protect the confidentiality of church records, and as lawyers, reporters and activists continue to dig, more will come to light.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 6:53 AM
Should the Vatican Come Clean on Clerical Sexual Abuse?
UNITED STATES
About.comBy Scott P. Richert, About.com Guide
That's essentially what John Allen, the Rome correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter, argues in "Avoiding the blame game on abuse." In building his case that Vatican officials should quit pointing fingers at one another, Allen points to a 1997 letter to bishops in Ireland warning them against adopting a mandatory reporting policy concerning clerical sexual abuse, as well as a letter from 1984 to the bishop of Tucson, Arizona, concerning nonsexual misconduct by a priest. There is, he suggests, enough blame to go around, and it does no good to handle each new revelation separately.
Instead, Allen suggests, the Vatican should acknowledge that
until very recently, the primary concerns vis-à-vis cooperation with police and prosecutors, aside from the sanctity of the confessional, were the following:
•Preserving the church’s independence from the civil sphere, a value encoded in the Vatican’s DNA after centuries-long battles to fend off kings, emperors and dictators;
•Protecting an accused priest’s right to his good name;
•Defending a bishop’s right to confidential exchanges with his priests.
Some readers may be surprised to find that Allen argues that "The values listed above are entirely legitimate, and it’s no scandal that Vatican officials strove to defend them."He's right. Where Allen goes somewhat wrong is in what he fails to say. As Twitter user Londiniensis put it, "All this also at a time when both church and society's attitude to/knowledge of child sex abuse was minimal [and] also at a time when the scale of the problem was unimaginable." The latter was especially true in the Vatican. Individual bishops on the ground knew much more about the scale of the problem than the hierarchy in Rome did, and all too often they kept it from officials in the Vatican—something that anyone who has covered the clerical sexual-abuse scandal knows, but which Allen doesn't mention.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 6:49 AM
Ownensboro Catholic Diocese OKs probe into abuse allegations
OWENSBORO (KY)
Evansville Courier & PressBy Garret Mathews
Evansville Courier & PressPosted February 7, 2011
OWENSBORO, Ky. — In the wake of a Thursday morning suicide in which a 23-year-old man alleged sexual abuse on the Internet before shooting himself, the Diocese of Owensboro on Monday promised to seek an independent investigator.
The diocese also pledged cooperation with Bruce Kuegel, the Daviess County Commonwealth attorney.
David M. Jarboe Jr. was found dead outside Blessed Mother Catholic Church, where he was a member.
Earlier, he had left a Facebook posting referring to one priest as an "evil man." He thanked one priest on the post and wrote that he "forgave" another.
Posted by Kathy Shaw at 6:43 AM
