UNITED STATES
Tribune-Democrat
February 2, 2020
By Chip Minemyer
Many Roman Catholic dioceses are now releasing the names of priests who have had credible allegations of child sexual abuse brought against them.
That’s the good news.
The bad news is that those lists are often “inconsistent, incomplete and omit key details,” according to a report out this week from ProPublica, a nonprofit watchdog news agency, and the Houston Chronicle.
Reporters Lexi Churchill, Ellis Simani and Topher Sanders pulled together 178 lists from U.S. dioceses and religious orders that represent the postings as of Jan. 20.
They created a searchable database “that allows users to look up clergy members by name, diocese or parish.”
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