Catholic Church Sex Abuse Survivors: 19 to Watch in 2019

GoLocalProv
January 8, 2019

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In 2018, Bishop Tobin with the Diocese of Providence landed on GoLocal's “18 to Watch” as the Catholic Church was — and continues to remain — at the center of lawsuits pertaining to the collapse of the St. Joseph pension fund.

He’ll remain squarely in the spotlight — and not for good — in 2019, when he has pledged to release a list of names of abusive priests “credibly accused” over the years in the Diocese, as pressure mounts nationally for how sexual abuse claims were handled around the country — including a U.S. Department of Investigation into Pennsylvania’s Roman Catholic Church.

A poll conducted in 2018 by GoLocalProv in conjunction with Harvard’s John Della Volpe found that 89% of Rhode Islanders believe the Rhode Island Attorney General should investigate the Diocese over its handling of sex abuse claims.