NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities have expanded an investigation of clergy sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in New Orleans to include senior church officials suspected of shielding predatory priests for decades and failing to report their crimes to law enforcement.
Louisiana State Police carried out a sweeping search warrant last week at the Archdiocese of New Orleans, seeking a long-secreted cache of church records and communications between local church leaders and the Vatican about the church’s handling of clergy sexual abuse.
The search signaled a new phase of the investigation that will seek to determine what particular church leaders, including current and former archbishops, knew about claims that the warrant describes as “ignored and in many cases covered up.”
The warrant contained several new details about the sex-trafficking investigation, including claims that some victims were sexually assaulted in a seminary swimming pool after being ordered to “skinny dip.” Separately, the warrant says, predatory priests developed a system of sharing victims by giving them “gifts” that they were instructed to pass on to clergymen at other schools or churches.
Related articles:
Related suggestion:
Sky Pool links residential blocks in south London2022 UK Chinese Dragon Boat Festival celebrated in SalfordLate night shooting in Philadelphia leaves at least three dead, 11 injuredSuper deepAlgeria reports no new daily case for 1st time since COVIDXiplomacy: ChinaDeath toll in Hebei gas explosion rises to 7(W.E. Talk) Can China and the U.S. Escape the Thucydides Trap?Aswan Forum kicks off in Egypt with focus on multidimensional crises in AfricaChinese collage offers spring break, encourages outings, love
0.1301s , 6503.8515625 kb
Copyright © 2024 Powered by Expanding clergy sexual abuse probe targets New Orleans Catholic church leaders ,Worldly Whispers news portal