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HOT | Catholic Church in Texas Names Nearly 300 Priests Accused of Sex Abuse The New York Times - Duration: 4:11.
HOT | Catholic Church in Texas Names Nearly 300 Priests Accused of Sex Abuse The New York Times
The Roman Catholic Church in Texas on Thursday released the names of almost 300 priests who it said had been credibly accused of child sex abuse over nearly eight decades.
The action was the latest in a wave of disclosures by the church as it faces a series of federal and state investigations into its handling of sexual misconduct.
The names were posted online by all 15 of the states dioceses and followed the publication in August of by the Pennsylvania attorney general that has spurred investigations of the church in more than a dozen other states.
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, the Archbishop of Galveston Houston and the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, said in a statement on Thursday that releasing the names of the accused was the right thing to do.
The bishops of Texas have decided to release the names of these priests at this time because it is right and just and to offer healing and hope to those who have suffered, the cardinal said. On behalf of all who have failed in this regard, I offer my sincerest apology. Our church has been lacerated by this wound and we must take action to heal it.
There are an estimated 8.5 million Catholics in Texas, according to the , making it one of the most heavily Catholic states in the country. The church there has been in a state of crisis since dozens of local and federal agents of the Archdiocese of Galveston Houston in November as part of an investigation into a sexual abuse case.
Since the release of the Pennsylvania report, which detailed seven decades of alleged abuse by over 300 priests there, dozens of dioceses and religious provinces across the country have published the names of alleged abusers. More than a dozen states have also opened investigations into the church, although Texas is not among them.
On Thursday, Marc Rylander, a spokesman for Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, said his office was prepared to respond to any request for assistance by local and federal law enforcement agencies.
We have not received any such requests, but we are ready to provide assistance to local prosecutors in accordance with state law and original criminal jurisdiction, Mr. Rylander said in an email. No young person should ever live in fear of abuse, especially abuse from religious and spiritual leaders.
The lists published on Thursday were , and each one takes a slightly different form. Many of the names dated to the middle of the 20th century — some dioceses began their reviews at 1940 and others at 1950 — and many, but not all, of the clerics listed have died. Some have resulted in prosecution.
Some lists contain limited detail about alleged abuse but many consist of little more than the names of clergymen and scant biographical information. The lists focus primarily on the alleged abuse of minors, although some contain references to allegations of sexual harassment or abuse of adults.
Advocates for abuse survivors said they were disappointed by those shortcomings.
Paul Petersen, a spokesman in Dallas for the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, said the overall lack of detailed information pointed to the need for state and federal law enforcement agencies to investigate the history of clerical sex abuse in Texas.
All of this is the fox guarding the henhouse, he said. Most of this has not been corroborated by the police department, so you have to scratch your head and say, Where is the actual transparency?
Mr. Petersen also said he thought it was probable that there were more than 300 priests who had committed sexual abuse in Texas since 1950. He pointed to a report in December by the Illinois attorney general that said the Catholic Church there had accused of sexually abusing minors.
There are 3.4 million Catholics in Illinois, , or less than half as many as in Texas.
I am skeptical, he said. I am not trying to make it bigger than it is, but I think the number 300 is crazy low.
Few of the allegations reported on Thursday were made since 2002, when the church adopted the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, which led to a crackdown on clerical misconduct. That trend aligns with reports from other states but has been questioned by advocates for abuse survivors.
Patti Koo, who leads the San Antonio chapter of the survivors network, said that when she first heard her local diocese was going to release the names of credibly accused priests, she had been a Pollyanna, talking a lot about hope.
But reading the report produced by the Archdiocese of San Antonio on Thursday leaves a really bad taste in your mouth, she said.
When I read the report I just thought, Oh my god, this isnt good — they cant have no reports of sexual abuse in the last 10 years, come on, she said. I think we are a long way from justice, I really do.
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CLORO A QUESTO CLERO – IN TEXAS DIFFUSI ONLINE I NOMI DI 286 PRETI (DI CUI 172 GIA' DECEDUTI) ACCUSA - Duration: 2:38.
Sono in tutto 286 i sacerdoti (172 già deceduti) che in Texas sono stati accusati di aver abusato sessualmente di minori a partire dal 1950
I loro nomi sono stati resi noti dai responsabili della Chiesa cattolica. Un numero che rappresenta una delle più grandi liste di nomi mai pubblicate dopo il rapporto del Grand Jury della Pennsylvania che parlava di oltre 300 sacerdoti abusatori di più di mille minori
In tutto le diocesi che hanno fornito i nomi in Texas sono quattordici: la quindicesima, Fort Worth, aveva già fornito i dati sulla situazione lo scorso ottobre
A pochi giorni dall'apertura in Vaticano di un summit sulla , l'operazione statunitense cerca la trasparenza dopo che altre diocesi hanno fatto lo stesso, e con loro anche alcuni ordini religiosi fra i quali i gesuiti
"I vescovi del Texas hanno deciso di rilasciare i nomi dei sacerdoti in questo momento perché è corretto e giusto, con l'obiettivo di offrire speranza a coloro che hanno sofferto", ha detto il cardinale Daniel DiNardo, arcivescovo della diocesi di Galveston-Houston e presidente della Conferenza episcopale Usa
Recentemente il comitato che in Vaticano organizza l'incontro sulla ha inviato una lettera in cui esorta tutti i capi delle Chiese a seguire l'esempio di Francesco e a incontrare personalmente le vittime degli abusi, prima del vertice di Roma
"Il primo passo deve essere riconoscere la verità su ciò che è accaduto", si legge nella lettera
Gli incontri personali sono un modo concreto per "assicurare che al raduno, le vittime di abusi del clero siano al primo posto nella mente di tutti"
Responsabilità e trasparenza saranno al centro del confronto con il Papa, "mentre i partecipanti lavoreranno insieme per rispondere a questa grave sfida"
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Information - The Trade War Created A 'Ticking Time Bomb' For Texas Companies - Duration: 2:19.
Even though there's been a so-called "cease-fire" by both nations, and tariffs aren't going up, many companies in Texas are "ticking time bombs
"… by Mac Slavo of SHTFplan Many companies across the United States are reeling from the tariffs imposed by China and president Donald Trump during the ongoing trade war
Even though there's been a so-called "cease-fire" by both nations and tariffs aren't going up, many companies in Texas are "ticking time bombs
" Layoffs at auto manufacturing plants such as Tesla, Ford, and GM are all having their impact on the economy
Thanks to the trade war, it's become harder to make ends meet for businesses unless they raise their prices to cover the cost of the tariffs
Unfortunately, even though tariffs are stagnant for now, it's an ever-increasing financial burden on many businesses in Texas
According to Dallas News, a small business which relies on stone-coated steel roofing from China has been forced to take out high-interest loans to cover their costs
And that kind of pain lingers all over Texas as many companies face the choice of shouldering the now expected costs of the trade war or passing along the burden to consumersor seeking relief through an unforgiving bureaucracy or even confronting the sometimes impossible task of seeking new supply lines
Everyone seems surprised by this, and we hate to say we told you so, but we told you so
Americans will pay the cost for this trade war, and at a time when most families live paycheck to paycheck, it's become a rather daunting and eerie overhanging concern
While many Americans have all but forgotten the trade war, the backbone of the U
S. economy, small businesses, are still facing every single tariff. Not one of Trump's tariffs has been removed, but the focus has been about the government shutdown instead
See Also: These Three Items Will Be Hit The Hardest Thanks To Trump's Tariffs To make matters worse, the trade deficit is now at record high levels; the reason Trump started the trade war was to lower said trade deficit
Trump has long claimed that the tariffs are all part of his plan to get better trade deals, correcting what he says has been a long history of other countries ripping off the U
S. and its workers. But the only thing ripping off the U.S. and its workers now, are the tariffs
Tariffs Hurt the Heartland, a coalition of business and farm groups, has calculated that Texas companies have paid $1
1 billion in additional tariffs on products subject to Trump's import levies through October, the most recent month with available data
"This is a ticking time bomb," said Ralph Bradley of Jammy Inc., a Fort Worth auto-parts importer swamped by tariffs
"I don't know why everybody is like, 'Things are OK right now.' They're not. They're bad as they've ever been, and they're about to get worse
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Nearly 300 priests and clergy in Texas accused of sex abuse over decades - Duration: 9:18.
Nearly 300 priests and clergy members of the Catholic dioceses in Texas were identified this week for alleged sexual abuse of minors
In total, 14 archdioceses and dioceses in Texas released their lists on Tuesday, making them the latest in a string of disclosures by Catholic Church bodies across the country
The Diocese of Laredo announced that there were no credible accusations in its region
All of the lists name the accused priests and clergy members as well as their assignments, but they differed in the amount details they disclosed about the alleged abuses, the timing of the abuse and whether they resulted in any disciplinary action
For example, The Diocese of Amarillo, which detailed the accusations against its priests, noted that one priest was the subject of 16 allegations
Gustavo Garcia-Siller, the archbishop of San Antonio, said that the "allegations of clerical sexual misconduct and mishandling of some of these cases by bishops are tearing the Church apart
" An official from the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston noted that there were a total of 278 individuals with credible accusations included on the lists, but that it might seem like more because some names were included twice as those people moved between dioceses
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, who leads the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston and serves as the president of the U
S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, released a lengthy statement calling the release of the names "right and just
" "Our Church has been lacerated by this wound and we must take action to heal it," DiNardo wrote in the letter
"These sins have done great harm to the victims of the abuse and have deeply wounded the body of Christ, the Church
Those victimized by clergy over the years need and deserve our prayers, outreach, and support," DiNardo wrote
The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) released a statement in which it said that naming the priests and clergy members was "at least one small step
" However, it also said it was "concerned that these lists might not be as transparent as promised
" The lists included all accused officials whose allegations were found to be credible but did not name others who had been accused
Here is a breakdown of the 14 regions that reported credible cases of abuse: -The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston listed 42 priests credibly accused since 1950, including one whose recent allegations are currently under investigation
Its list did not include dates of the alleged abuses or when they were reported. -The Archdiocese of San Antonio named 57 priests whose alleged abuses dated back to 1941
Two priests — one alive and one deceased — who are the subject of active investigations were not included on its list
-The Diocese of Austin listed 22 priests credibly accused of sexual abuse. The list did not include dates of the alleged abuses or when they were reported
-The Diocese of Amarillo listed 30 priests credibly accused since 1950. The list did not include dates of the alleged abuses or when they were reported
-The Diocese of Beaumont listed 13 priests. The list did not include dates of alleged abuses or when they were reported
-The Diocese of Brownsville listed 14 individuals credibly accused since 1965. The list did not include dates of alleged abuses or when they were reported
-The Diocese of Corpus Christi listed 26 priests. The list did not include dates for the alleged abuses or when they were reported
-The Diocese of Dallas listed 31 priests since 1950. The list did not include dates of the alleged abuses or when they were reported
-The Diocese of El Paso listed 30 priests credibly accused since 1950. The list did not include dates of the alleged abuses or when they were reported
-The Diocese of Fort Worth listed 17 priests accused of wrongdoing since 1969. The list did not include dates of the alleged abuse or when they were reported
-The Diocese of Lubbock listed five priests credibly accused since it was created in 1983
The list did not include dates of the alleged abuse or when they were reported. -The Diocese of Tyler listed one priest credibly accused since 1987
The list did not include dates of the alleged abuse or when it was reported. -The Diocese of Victoria listed three priests credibly accused of sexual abuse
The list did not include dates of the alleged abuses or when they were reported. -The Diocese of San Angelo listed 13 priests credibly accused of sexual abuse since it was created in 1961
The list did not include dates of the alleged abuses or when they were reported. There are now at least 16 jurisdictions across the country that have launched investigations into clerical sex abuse following the release of a Pennsylvania grand jury report detailing the alleged cover-up of decades of abuse by hundreds of Catholic priests
There is no active investigation in Texas and the state's Attorney General told that it stands ready to assist local prosecutors if any requests are made
There are ongoing investigations in Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia and the District of Columbia, as well as with the Archdiocese of Anchorage in Alaska
Spokespeople for several other attorneys general offices told that their offices were reviewing options and considering taking similar actions
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