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by Bradley Eli, M.Div., MA.Th. • ChurchMilitant.com • January 25, 2016
SEATTLE (ChurchMilitant.com) – According to a Seattle Times analyst, most of the 77 priests listed by the Seattle archdiocese as sexual predators were never convicted.
The list of the accused was published on the archdiocese’s website January 15, and include clergy and religious who either “served or resided” in the archdiocese from 1923 to 2008. Names were made public for those “whom allegations of sexual abuse of a minor have been admitted, established or determined credible.”
The Seattle Times reported Sunday that after analyzing this list, it could only substantiate sex abuse convictions for five of the priests.
Those accused of sex abuse included 30 archdiocesan priests, 16 priests from religious orders, 14 brothers from religious communities, two deacons and 14 priests from other dioceses.
Archdiocesan spokesman Greg Magnoni related that it took two years to put the list together. “In early 2014 we brought in a private consultant, a former FBI agent who does this kind of work; she came in with an associate and was given full access to our files. It took about 1,000 staff hours to put it together.”
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