OREGON
Bend Bulletin
By Scott Hammers / The Bulletin
Published Apr 6, 2015
An employment complaint filed by a former Roman Catholic priest against the Diocese of Baker and Bishop Liam Cary has been dismissed.
James Radloff filed his complaint with the state Bureau of Labor and Industries in September, alleging Bishop Cary and the diocese had engaged in unlawful conduct when he was dismissed from his position with Bend’s St. Francis of Assisi parish in October 2013. Radloff claimed he and Cary had been at odds since months earlier, when he raised concerns over the bishop’s handling of a confession with a teenage boy.
Early last year, Radloff voluntarily left the Roman Catholic Church to start a new church in Bend, the Holy Communion Evangelical Catholic Church, a sect that borrows heavily from the ritual and doctrine of the Roman Catholics.
Radloff’s complaint detailed 29 allegations of mistreatment by Cary and the diocese, with Radloff claiming he was evicted from parish housing on four days’ notice and forbidden from traveling within the diocese, which covers nearly two-thirds of Oregon.
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