Phony Attack on Cardinal Dolan

Catholic League
June 6, 2012

http://www.catholicleague.org/phony-attack-on-cardinal-dolan/


Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments as follows:

Timothy Cardinal Dolan is being criticized for inducing suspected miscreant priests to exit the priesthood while he was the Archbishop of Milwaukee. The attack is phony: if the issue were how to handle sex abusers, his critics would have previously commented on the following:

• In California, all government employees convicted of any crime receive a full pension
• A Los Angeles teacher charged with 23 counts of lewd acts with children aged 6-10 was paid $40,000 this year to drop his appeal
• In the state of Washington, a teacher accused of sexual misconduct was given $55,000 to withdraw his termination appeal this year
• A teacher in New York State (NYS) convicted this year of downloading child porn was awarded nearly $22,000 a year
• A convicted sex abuser in NYS serving up to 50 years is receiving a pension of more than $52,000
• Another sex offender in NYS convicted of child porn possession is receiving $49,210 in a pension
• In 2012, a New York City teacher convicted of a sex offense was paid over $100,000 a year while sitting for ten years in a rubber room; he is entitled to $85,400 a year in a pension; and he will also receive $55,000 for unused sick days
• A Queens guidance counselor accused of molesting a learning-disabled student has been receiving $102,852 a year since 2003
• A Queens teacher who allegedly molested and then married a girl (after he impregnated her) has been receiving $94,145 a year since 2003 (he was previously accused of molesting two 12 year-olds)