Omaha Archdiocese reports substantiated allegations of misconduct, abuse involving 38 clergy
Source: Omaha World Herald
By Christopher Burbach and Erin Grace
Shock and questions abound after the Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha made public on Friday the names of 38 clergy members accused of sexual misdeeds with minors.
The archdiocese said "substantiated claims of sexual abuse of, or sexual misconduct with, a minor" had been made against 34 priests and four deacons on a list it provided to Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson, who had asked for the information.
The files go back to 1978, as requested by the attorney general. Only a few of the accused have faced criminal charges or civil lawsuits.
The list included widely known abuser priests from Omaha, such as Daniel Herek and the late John Fiala. Herek was convicted of molesting a 14-year-old altar boy and was accused in civil court of sexually abusing several others. Fiala, after facing sex abuse allegations in Omaha, was allowed to continue as a priest in Texas, where he raped a 16-year-old boy, then tried to hire an assassin to kill the youth. Fiala was sentenced in 2012 to 60 years in prison.
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That was only the beginning folks. It happened everywhere, and not just in the larger cities and dioceses. Many of those pedophile priests were caught, many are already "retired" or dead. But some got away with it and a few are still active in the clergy. The only way to bring this nightmare to an end is to shine a light everywhere. The errant priests must admit their wrong-doing and accept the consequences. If they fail to do that, it will be the end of the Catholic Church in the US. The cover-up is part of the wrong-doing.
