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William D. Lindsey
Will Newark Archbishop John Myers Be at Papal Events in U.S. Next Month? Yet Another Sordid Tale of Clerical Abuse (and Cover-Up) from Newark Diocese
A question that comes to my mind as I read Mark Mueller’s article at Religion News Service about New Jersey priest Manuel Gallo Espinoza, who is now being sought by New Jersey authorities after he has admitted raping a 15-year-old boy, Max Rojas Ramirez:
Will Newark archbishop John Myers be attending the various east coast events next month featuring Pope Francis? I would imagine so. And what about Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore and Bishop Paul Loverde of Arlington, Virginia, in whose dioceses Espinoza worked after, it now appears, Newark church officials knew that Espinoza had molested a minor?
I would imagine they, too, will be at the various events to honor Pope Francis next month.
As Mueller reports, Espinoza is blaming the boy he raped and claiming that Ramirez seduced him. He has published an extraordinary statement to this effect.
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