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	Statement by Tod Tamberg, Director of Media Relations, on the Sentencing of George Miller Whispers in the Loggia January 30, 2009 http://www.bishop-accountability.org/AbuseTrackerArchive/2009/01/#017779 We hope that today’s sentencing brings some measure of comfort to George Miller’s victims. Thirty-two years ago, the mother of a minor son asked church authorities to deal with the allegation she brought against Miller. Miller denied the allegation and Cardinal Timothy Manning allowed Miller to remain in ministry. In 1989, a report of “boundary violations” was made against Miller. A boundary violation is not sexual abuse, nor is it a euphemism for sexual abuse. In 1996, Cardinal Roger Mahony removed Miller from ministry upon receiving a complaint of sexual abuse that occurred in the 1970s. Miller was sent to treatment, then permanently removed from ministry. Subsequently, Cardinal Mahony successfully worked to have Miller removed from the priesthood. Critics of the Archdiocese have falsely suggested that the Archdiocese fought to have Miller’s file kept secret. On the contrary, the Archdiocese only contested the release of certain categories of documents -- like medical records -- across the entire range of clergy personnel files, regardless of whose name was on the file. The Archdiocese promptly turned over Miller’s file to the authorities when it was requested. In 2002, additional reports of abuse by Miller in the 1970s were made to the Archdiocese. The Archdiocese reported these claims to the Los Angeles Police Department.
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