Red billboard calling on the Bishop to release the names of priests accused of abuse

LAFAYETTE (LA)
KLFY-TV

September 19, 2018

By Caroline Marcello

Bishop Deshotel ‘considering’ release of accused priests’ names

On the corner of Ambassador Caffery and Johnston Street in Lafayette there’s a digital billboard calling out the bishop of the Diocese of Lafayette to release the names of priests accused of abuse.

The two advertisements are bright red and the messages are short. They read “How many more?” and “Release the names” with the web address bishop-accountability.org.

I reached out to that organization, and they say they don’t know who’s paying for the billboard.

“Whoever did this, is really onto something,” says Terry McKiernan with the nonprofit out of Massachusetts. He says, “We are a library and an internet archive of the Catholic abuse crisis. We maintain a database of accused priests.”

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