ALBUQUERQUE (NM)
Albuquerque Journal
October 23, 2017
By Olivier Uyttebrouck
The Archdiocese of Santa Fe officials will field questions about clerical sexual abuse in a series of panel discussions scheduled from Nov. 7 to Jan. 31 at five parishes around the New Mexico, the archdiocese said Monday.
The announcement came less than a week after a court-ordered disclosure of church records about three former Archdiocese of Santa Fe priests, and about a month after the archdiocese released a list of 74 clergy who have been credibly accused of sexually abusing children, together with an apology to survivors.
The Rev. John Daniel, the archdiocese’s vicar for clergy, issued an email asking all parishes to publish the time and place of the panel discussions at least twice in their church bulletins.
“The purpose for these Panel Discussions, are to help with healing and transparency,” Daniel said in the email.
The panels will be held at parishes in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Taos, Clovis, and Las Vegas, N.M. Panelists will be available to “answer questions, address concerns and give information,” according to the email.
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