NEW ORLEANS (LA)
The Advocate
January 31, 2019
By Ramon Antonio Vargas
It was the third clergy sex-abuse list to be released by a Catholic bishop in Louisiana. And it was by far the most transparent.
In a notable departure from his counterparts in New Orleans and Houma, Baton Rouge Bishop Michael Duca on Thursday made public — in most cases — the number of victims that each clergy member is alleged to have molested and where the abuse occurred.
The list released by New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond on Nov. 2 did not provide that level of detail. Neither did the list put out by Houma-Thibodaux Bishop Shelton Fabre on Jan. 14.
When asked why that information was not included in Aymond’s list, spokeswoman Sarah McDonald defended the completeness of his disclosure, which included names, birth dates, dates of ordination, estimated times of abuse, years when the allegations were first received, years when clergy members were removed from ministry, and pastoral assignments.
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