My Fox Kansas City
December 19, 2007
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Presidential candidates promote trustworthiness. As Republican Presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani stumped for votes in the Metro, he faced questions about why he trusts an accused child molester on his payroll.
Giuliani talked about energy independence, national security and Iraq but the former New York mayor also talked about his life long friend and employee, who was accused of molesting three boys.
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David Clohessy from Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests wants Giuliani to fire his friend Monsignor Alan Placa. Placa is accused of molesting three boys in Long Island, New York in the 1970's.
"We think it's inexcusably callous and reckless for a man of Giuliani's stature to have on his payroll a priest who has been suspended by his own bishop for molesting kids," Clohessy said.
Placa was never charged with a crime because the statues of limitations expired by the time the allegations surfaced.
"He has been my friend for many, many years and I have confidence in him," Giuliani said. "I guess the better way to answer this is I trust him."
Despite the cloud of suspicion, Placa has never been convicted much less charged with a sex crime.
Depending on what national poll you look at, Giuliani ranks 25 to 34 percent of the vote, but has 24 percent in Missouri.
A group of 500 Kansas voters asked which candidate is in tune with the needs of Kansans and Giuliani ranked 4th with 12 percent.
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