Judge Robert Dierker & Church Officials

Berger's Beat
January 3, 2014

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When Judge Robert Dierker sanctioned the St. Louis Catholic archdiocese earlier this week for refusing to turn over names of accused pedophile priests, it was the first time ever in Missouri history that church officials were punished for their legal maneuvers in the nearly 200 clergy abuse lawsuits that have been filed. Dierker also took a verbal swipe or two at Archbishop Robert Carlson, especially when the prelate claimed that “the archdiocese has no right to require parishes” to give him information about child molesters on the church payroll. That posture is “strikingly at odds with” the archdiocese’s actions and arguments in the St. Stan’s conflict, Dierker noted.“Across the country, 30 bishops have voluntarily and publicly disclosed predator priests’ names, and a dozen judges have forced bishops to reveal their names,” noted SNAP’s David Clohessy. “But Carlson won’t even turn the names over privately when they’re covered by a protective order.”