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Michael Chen
SANTEE, Calif. – The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego is under fire after the name of a retired priest surfaced on a list of priests accused of sexual abuse against children.
Abuse survivors want to know why Paul Palmitessa’s name wasn’t released on earlier lists and why he was allowed to work in San Diego County as a priest — even as the national abuse scandal was playing out.
“My heart drops. My stomach turns,” said Paul Livingston, who heads the San Diego chapter of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests.
That was Livingston’s reaction after learning Palmitessa’s name emerged in a court-ordered release of 34 credible cases of child sex abuse accusations in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
“My question is how many more names do we have coming up?” said Livingston.
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