New Orleans Catholic Church Decided Only 25% of Its Employees Accused of Abuse Actually Did It
Even worse, however, the documents allege that the archdiocese has handed over “fewer than two dozen of its accused clerics” to authorities and waited “nearly two decades” to do it, according to the. The memo reportedly contains evidence that—as of the start of 2022—the archdiocese had referred only 23 allegedly abusive clergymen to the authorities. Some of these referrals have resulted in recent convictions, the authors note.
Additionally, despite not being deemed “credibly accused” by the archdiocese, a number of the hundreds of clergymen and others who’ve been allegedly sexually abused childrenfound credibly accused by an archdiocese advisory board or were placed on other dioceses’ lists of credibly accused individuals.
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