Church Lawyer Details Cover-up Claims on Sex Abuse

Houston Chronicle
July 15, 2014

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FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2013 file photo, Jennifer Haselberger listens to a question during an interview with The Associated Press in St. Paul, Minn. Haselberger, the whistleblower who took on the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis about allegations of clergy sexual misconduct, said in an affidavit released Tuesday, July 15, 2014, that archbishops and staff ignored the 2002 pledge by Roman Catholic bishops to keep abusive clergy out of parishes.

A canon lawyer alleging a widespread cover-up of clergy sex misconduct in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has made her most detailed claims yet, accusing archbishops and their top staff of lying to the public and of ignoring the U.S. bishops' pledge to have no tolerance of priests who abuse.