RENO (NV)
Channel 2 News
May 7, 2019
By Brandon Fuhs
A few protestors, including members of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), gathered in front of the Diocese of Reno Office in downtown Reno to argue seven names should be added to the list of priests credibly accused of child sex abuse the diocese released last month.
They want the names added to the list, because their names appear on similar lists from other dioceses they worked in during their careers. Here’s the list of priests, and the religious bodies that put them on their list of priests credibly accused of child sex abuse.
Theodore Feely- Diocese of San Bernadino
Robert Buchanon- Diocese of San Bernadino
Gary Luiz- Diocese of Oakland
Stanley Wisniewski- Midwest Jesuit
Robert Corrigal- West Jesuits
John Leary- West Jesuits
Bertrand Horvath- Archdiocese of Los Angeles
“In order for a person who’s been traumatized to heal from their trauma, they need to take some positive action to deal with that,” SNAP member Patrick Wilkes says. “And what the action looks like differs in each particular case. But it always involves hearing the truth and hearing an admission of guilt from the guilty part.”
Chancellor and Moderator of the Curia for the Diocese of Reno Robert Chorey says the list they released last month includes priests with credible accusations of abuse while they were working in the diocese. They did not add the seven names to the list, because they have not received credible accusations of abuse during their time in Reno.
“If any new allegations come up, any new information surfaces, we will examine that and then we can update that list,” Chorey says.
Each diocese is ran by a Bishop, and it’s up to the bishop to determine what qualifies as a credible accusation. Bishop of the Diocese of Reno Randolph Calvo set up a Diocesan Review Board to investigate any red flags raised by priests in the diocese. They determined a credible accusation meant there was corroborating evidence, a criminal prosecution, or an admission of guilt.
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