Feb 11, 2012, NBC
Priests Accused of Molesting Children Hiding in Plain Sight
Some 200 Catholic priests suspected of sexual abuse are living undetected in communities across California, according to an attorney who represents hundreds of plaintiffs who sued the LA Archdiocese for molestation they say was inflicted on them by priests and clergy of the church.
Ray Boucher has mapped sixty locations where suspect priests live, in cities and towns from northern to southern California, and provided those locations to NBC4 exclusively.
Associated Press – Mon, Apr 2, 2012
Trial: Priest joked about abusing 3 boys in week
Monsignor William Lynn is on trial for child endangerment and conspiracy. Lynn, 61, is the first Roman Catholic church official in the U.S. charged for his handling of priest-abuse complaints. Prosecutors say he helped the church bury them in secret files, far from the prying eyes of investigators, civil attorneys and concerned Catholics.
In the day's most startling testimony, a detective read internal church memos about a priest who allegedly "joked about how hard it was to have sex with three boys in one week." His accuser also stated that the priest had a "rotation process" of boys spending time sleeping with him.
From Wikipedia:
天主教性醜聞事件列表 Catholic sex abuse cases
The Catholic sex abuse cases are a series of convictions, trials and ongoing investigations into allegations of sex crimes committed by Catholic priestsand members of Roman Catholic orders.
These cases began receiving public attention beginning in the mid-1980s with new cases still being brought forward. There have been criminal prosecutions of the abusers and sometimes of the Church hierarchy which protected them, and civil lawsuits against the church's dioceses and parishes.
Sexual abuse of children under the age of consent by priests receives significant media and public attention in Canada, Ireland, the United States, theUnited Kingdom, Mexico, Belgium, France, and Germany, while cases have been reported throughout the world.
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