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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Wed Jul 28, 2021, 10:09 AM Jul 2021

New Hampshire bishop accused of abusing teenage boy in 1980s

A lawsuit filed earlier this month accuses the head of the Roman Catholic Church in New Hampshire of committing sexual abuse decades ago while he served as a priest in New York. In a lawsuit filed July 14 in state Supreme Court in Suffolk County, Bishop Peter Libasci of the Diocese of Manchester is accused of abusing a male youth on numerous occasions in 1983 and 1984.

The Diocese of Rockville Center, which includes Saints Cyril, said it had notified the Vatican of the lawsuit since the allegations involve a current diocesan bishop. It also reported the matter to the Suffolk County District Attorney.

The lawsuit also named as defendants the Roman Catholic Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius and the Saints Cyril and Methodius School in Deer Park, New York, where Libasci was a pastor. The youth, who was 12 or 13 at the time, was a student at the school ...

Libasci apologized for the abuse and said he prays daily that victims find healing and that “we never allow such darkness to enter our church again.”

https://www.pressherald.com/2021/07/22/new-hampshire-bishop-accused-of-abusing-teenage-boy-in-1980s/

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New Hampshire bishop accused of abusing teenage boy in 1980s (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Jul 2021 OP
Rockville Center Diocese is already in bankruptcy Sanity Claws Jul 2021 #1
This child rapist was hidden from his future victims by cardinal Bernie Law Submariner Jul 2021 #2
"we never allow such darkness to enter our church again." YOU ARE THE DARKNESS MagickMuffin Jul 2021 #3

Sanity Claws

(21,839 posts)
1. Rockville Center Diocese is already in bankruptcy
Wed Jul 28, 2021, 10:22 AM
Jul 2021

because of sexual abuse allegations. Lots of blind eyes on Long Island.

Submariner

(12,497 posts)
2. This child rapist was hidden from his future victims by cardinal Bernie Law
Wed Jul 28, 2021, 10:51 AM
Jul 2021

who, instead of doing life without parole at Walpole, fled to the Vatican in time to grease the skids for his child cover up mentor and buddy to become Pope Benny the Rat.

These shithole parishes all claim to be out of money so they can avoid big payouts to their victims, some who commit suicide, or the victim's family. Yet these rapists and enablers just acknowledged they have over 5,000 properties worldwide worth hundreds of millions, if not billions. Nothing but a bunch of lying rapists and their enablers. FU Libasci.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2021/07/24/vatican-owns-over-5000-properties-worldwide-it-reveals-in-first-disclosures-on-its-real-estate-holdings/?sh=25d24737a889

MagickMuffin

(15,925 posts)
3. "we never allow such darkness to enter our church again." YOU ARE THE DARKNESS
Wed Jul 28, 2021, 11:22 AM
Jul 2021


So take your own advice and leave!

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