BOISE (ID)
Idaho Statesman
Bill Roberts
Idaho Catholic Bishop Michael Driscoll hasn't done enough to ensure that children and families are protected from sexual misconduct in the state's Catholic churches, a support group for victims said Tuesday.
SNAP, the Support Network for those Abused by Priests, hand-delivered a letter to Driscoll's office Tuesday.
"Time and again, bishop, first in California, later in Idaho, you have opted for secrecy over openness and for protecting accused offenders over vulnerable families," said the letter from David Clohessy of St, Louis, SNAP national director.
Driscoll has apologized for permitting abusive priests to remain in the clergy, while he was a diocesan official in California in the 1970s and '80s. He also apologized for not telling parishioners at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Boise sooner about a deacon who was accused and later convicted of viewing child pornography.
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