Largest Ohio Catholic Diocese to Expand Abusive Priests List

By John Seewer
Associated Press
October 3, 2018

https://www.mrt.com/news/crime/article/4th-Catholic-diocese-in-Ohio-to-release-abusive-13277910.php

Ohio's largest Roman Catholic diocese will join three other dioceses in the state and release a list of priests who have been removed from their posts because of sexual abuse and misconduct allegations.

The Diocese of Cleveland's list will include the names of abusive priests, even if they are now dead, church officials said Tuesday.

The diocese since 2002 has been announcing the names of clerics removed from ministry because of sex abuse allegations, said diocesan spokesman Jim Armstrong. Its website includes 29 names, with some of the allegations going back decades.

"It would be wrong to suggest that the Diocese of Cleveland has not committed to release the names of clerics accused of sexually abusing a minor or that it desires to keep secret the names of such clerics," Armstrong said.

The new names to be added will go back as far as the diocese's records permit, Cleveland.com reported. The diocese hopes to release an updated list very soon, Armstrong said.