WASHINGTON
Yakima Herald
By Jane Gargas
jgargas@yakimaherald.com
The Catholic Diocese of Yakima may soon consider listing names of clergy on its website who have had credible claims of sexual abuse leveled against them.
Several years ago, the Diocesan Lay Advisory Board discussed the possibility of publishing names on the website and decided against it.
But the chairman, Yakima attorney Russell Mazzola, said the topic “probably will come up again” at the board’s next meeting in March. The seven-member group, which meets quarterly, investigates any allegations of sexual misconduct in the local Catholic church.
The subject has been in the news recently because the Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle published a list of clergy and other church personnel accused of sexually abusing children on its website Jan. 15.
The 77 names were those who either admitted abuse, had credible claims made against them or claims established to be true, the Seattle Archdiocese said.
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