MONTANA
Herald Courier
Associated Press
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Helena Bishop George Leo Thomas says the church had a duty to step up and accept responsibility for former priests and other employees who were accused of sexually abusing children.
Thomas tells the Independent Record (http://tinyurl.com/jf6vp9c ) the church could have fought claims by people in Montana who said they were abused, but it would not be right and they might never have seen a resolution to their cases.
Last year, the church posted a list online of the names of those accused. That was one condition of settling lawsuits filed by hundreds of people who said they were abused by priests, nuns and others dating back to the 1940s.
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