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Posted by David Clohessy on December 06, 2012
The priest always seems to land on his feet. He pled guilty to child sex crimes. Still, he was hired to work for the archdiocese.
And he was allowed to live in Cardinal Francis George’s Gold Coast mansion.
When a newspaper disclosed this, George pledged that the priest would leave Chicago.
Then, in 2008, the priest was again discovered quietly working in the archdiocese.
And now, the he has won a legal decision to keep his personnel records secret.
He is Fr. Kenneth J. Martin. Originally from Delaware, Martin pled guilty in 2001 to molesting a boy “for two and a half years, at least once a week,” according to a prosecutor. He was sentenced to probation.
Still, according to the Associated Press, this week Delaware Judge Christopher Sontchi issued a one-page order that Martin’s employment files would not be made public. The decision came “almost six months after hearing arguments behind closed doors and barring reporters from the courtroom,” the AP wrote.
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