JACKSONVILLE (FL)
First Coast News
January 30, 2019
By Shelby Danielsen
On Thursday the country will see new lists released from multiple states naming clergy who have been accused of sexually abusing a minor in the Catholic Church.
Dioceses in both Texas and Louisiana have vowed to release these names to the public by Jan. 31.
The increase in transparency follows a Pennsylvania grand jury report released last year that named hundreds of priests in sex abuse cases dating back to the 1950s, prompting churches around the country to quickly respond.
While the abuse cases being made public may not have been prosecuted, they are names the church found credible in accusations.
In Georgia, the Archdiocese of Atlanta and the Diocese of Savannah were two of the first institutions to publish these types of lists naming clergy last year. You can find their lists published on their diocese website.
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