NEW YORK
The Daily Mail
By W. T. Eckert
Hudson-Catskill Newspapers
Published: Saturday, April 28, 2012
CATSKILL — During Tuesday’s rally against a Cairo priest accused of sexually molesting a former alter boy and current inmate, unfounded accusations against the priest were made by a one of the protesters.
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP) Western Regional Director Joelle Casteix said when 2006 sexual abuse allegations were filed against Father Jeremiah Nunan, the priest “absconded to Ireland where he hid until the victim in that case, Father Mark Jaufmann, died and the case was dropped.”
That is blatantly untrue, Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany Director of Communications Ken Goldfarb said.
“There was an indication that he was purposely avoiding something by going to Ireland,” Goldfarb said, “and the fact is he makes this trip every year and she used the word ‘hid.’ Everybody knew where he was.”
Nunan traveled to Ireland in 2006, where he was born and has family, Goldfarb said, and it is at the understanding of the Diocese that he has traveled there annually for more than 40 years.
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