LONDON (CANADA)
CBC New
January 15, 2019
A London lawyer wants the public to know where two ousted priests worked and faced allegations of sexual misconduct in the Diocese of London. Both Fr. Moe Charbonneau and Fr. Andy Dwyer have since been banned from ministering in the diocese but the organization has refused to divulge where the allegations were made.
“If they’re going to be transparent as has been the almost global demand upon the Catholic church then they need to give these details,” said Rob Talach, partner at Beckett Personal Injuries Lawyers in London.
But, the diocese maintains to reveal the locations of the allegations could lead to identifying the victims.
“We can only follow our own policy which is in place to safeguard the privacy of the people involved,” said Nelson Couto, communications officer with the Diocese of London.
He said, the diocese has released the list of where the priests served over the years, but not the specifics of where or when “…because those sorts of things can lead to people jumping to conclusions.”
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