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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIowa AG's report reviews dozens of 'overwhelming' sex-abuse complaints against Catholic priests
In Iowa as in the rest of the country, the incidence and duration of sexual abuse by clergy were overwhelming and the cover-up extensive in earlier decades, a report by the Iowa Attorney Generals Office that was released Wednesday concludes.
A yearslong investigation by the office reviewed nearly 50 complaints of sexual abuse against current and former Catholic priests and other officials, including 17 allegations that had never before been reported.
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All of the allegations against Catholic priests fall outside the state's statute of limitations for criminal prosecution. Some, but not all, of those accused are named in lists each diocese maintains of credibly accused priests. Several were already known to be the subject of dozens of accusations.
Three of the clergy named in complaints remain active as priests. The Rev. John Stack, a priest in Clinton, was suspended in 2013 over allegations of abuse in the 1980s, but was reinstated by the Diocese of Davenport in 2016 after a church trial found the charges not proven. Another, Hicks said, is in the Diocese of Sioux City, although it is not clear from the report who that is.
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Complete story here:https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2021/06/23/iowa-attorney-general-report-details-sex-abuse-complaints-against-catholic-priests-cover-up/5326077001/
BTW - AG Miller is a pro-choice Catholic.
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Iowa AG's report reviews dozens of 'overwhelming' sex-abuse complaints against Catholic priests (Original Post)
SharonClark
Jun 2021
OP
So a corrupt, abusive "religion" protects sexual abusers, but wants to deny President Biden
Comfortably_Numb
Jun 2021
#4
'Communion for Biden' diverts attention from the Church protecting child molester priests.
keithbvadu2
Jun 2021
#7
The Magistrate
(96,043 posts)1. Sort Of Puts The Bishops' Shenanigans Into Perspective, Ma'am
Whited sepulchers, I believe, was the phrase employed....
malaise
(277,180 posts)2. As in
Physician heal thyself! Good morning Sir!
The Magistrate
(96,043 posts)3. And To You, Ma'am
Just starting in on coffee, but t his sort of thing really gets right up my left nostril. The idea Catholic bishops can offer moral leadership is a joke in poor taste.
malaise
(277,180 posts)5. I don't even hear them - nothing they say matters to me
Eff these enablers and monsters
Comfortably_Numb
(4,071 posts)4. So a corrupt, abusive "religion" protects sexual abusers, but wants to deny President Biden
Communion because he supports a womans right to control her body. No wonder people are fleeing religion like the plague it truly is. Hypocrites all.
Sanity Claws
(22,006 posts)6. Let's send that to the US Council of Catholic Bishops
That should keep them busy on real stuff instead of trying to deny communion to Biden.
How to contact the USCCB:
https://www.usccb.org/contact-us
keithbvadu2
(39,726 posts)7. 'Communion for Biden' diverts attention from the Church protecting child molester priests.
'Communion for Biden' diverts attention from the Church protecting child molester priests.