Priest: KC diocese knew of monsignor’s misconduct

Kansas City Business Journal
October 7, 2014

http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/blog/morning_call/2014/10/priest-kc-diocese-knew-of-monsignor-s-misconduct.html

The diocese received complaints for years about Monsignor Thomas O’Brien’s alcohol use and heard concerns about possible sexual misconduct but did nothing, a church official testified Monday, according to The Kansas City Star.

The Rev. Pat Rush also said the Kansas City-St. Joseph Diocese didn’t alert parishioners and instead recommended O’Brien be made chaplain for the Kansas City Police Department in 1978, the report said.

Bush testified in Jackson County in the sexual abuse lawsuit from a former altar boy who accuses O’Brien of sexual abuse in the early 1980s.