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Saturday, June 2, 2012
Friday, June 1, 2012
Archdiocese of Philadelphia publishes its financial report
The entire report is available at: http://catholicphilly.com/media-files/2012/05/June-2012-Financial-report-final-for-web.pdf
Very interesting is the statement of cost for the grand jury investigation as of June 30, 2011.
$1,600,000 for FY 2011 and $10,000,000 for the nine months ending 3-31-2012
Clerical-abuse victims group charges Dolan “lied” when he said money given to perv to leave priesthood wasn’t a “payoff” - NYPOST.com
The disturbing new revelations about Cardinal Dolan raise a troubling question: What other secret deals and ‘incentives’ did and does he offer to pedophile priests?” asked David Clohessy, executive director of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests.
Clohessy’s allegation came after disclosures this week that while serving as Milwaukee archbishop in 2003, Dolan agreed to pay accused pedophile priests $20,000 in exchange for their agreeing to leave the priesthood.
In 2006, Dolan had strongly denied a victims-advocate’s claim that pedophile priest Franklyn Becker was paid $10,000 in exchange for his voluntary laicization, telling the Milwaukee Sentinel:
“For anyone to assert that this money was a ‘payoff’ or occurred in exchange for Becker agreeing to leave the priesthood is completely false, preposterous and unjust.
“What this was, instead, was an act of charity, in line with Catholic social teaching.”
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Philly priest-abuse jury returns Monday, has already asked to see 1994 list of accused priests - The Washington Post
PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia jury wasted no time Friday in homing in on the alleged “smoking gun” as it started deliberations in a groundbreaking clergy-abuse case.
Jurors quickly asked for a half-dozen exhibits, including a gray folder found in a locked safe at the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The folder contains a list of 35 suspected predator-priests — and was compiled by Lynn in 1994. At least one priest on the list was a parish pastor until this year.
Seven men and five women sit on the city jury. Many have ties to Catholic schools or parishes but said they could judge the case fairly
Archdiocese’s reaction to disclosure of $20,000 incentive for priest abusers
May 31, 2012
Dear Friends,
When we watch the news or read the morning papers and see stories about the Archdiocese of Milwaukee or clergy sexual abuse, we have come to expect that we’ll only see or read part of the story.
Yesterday’s news reports talked about “payoffs” and “bonuses” to a handful of offender priests with substantiated allegations of clergy sexual abuse of a minor. Here are some details to help you understand all of the facts related to this story.
For starters, one has to remember that, in 2002, the Catholic Church adopted the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, affirming that priest offenders should no longer be functioning as priests in any capacity.
Also in 2002, at the height of the publicity about clergy sexual abuse, advocates for abuse survivors were demanding that all priest offenders be “defrocked” or laicized.
Responding to that demand, the archdiocesan finance council, which is made up of respected lay leaders in the community, discussed the most expedient and cost-effective way to have offenders laicized or removed from the priesthood. Having someone seek laicization voluntarily was faster and less expensive. It made sense to try and move these men out of the priesthood as quickly as possible.
As part of the voluntary laicization process, the archdiocese assisted men who were leaving ministry by providing them with funds for transition. This assistance was provided regardless of the reason for seeking laicization. Some men used these funds for living expenses while they sought secular employment, others used them for medical expenses, and others for seeking training in a new field of work. The archdiocese no longer provides this financial assistance.
The financial payments were made to a handful of priest offenders to move them through this process. Like it or not, the archdiocese is canonically responsible for the financial care of a priest – even a priest who has committed such a horrible crime and sin such as clergy sexual abuse of a minor.
We believe that the archdiocese practiced sound stewardship in taking the most financially sound and efficient way to move these offenders out of the priesthood, allowing the funds that would have otherwise been spent on sustenance for offenders, to instead be used for care and outreach to abuse survivors.
Thanks to the efforts of Cardinal Dolan and now Archbishop Listecki, no organization in our community has been more transparent regarding child sexual abuse than the Catholic Church.
As we have seen in the past, however, facts that have been known for years (the information about the payment of $10,000 to Franklyn Becker is on the archdiocesan website), have been distorted or exaggerated to place the Church in the worst possible light – especially as we navigate our way through the Chapter 11 proceeding.
Thank you for allowing me to share the “other side of the story” so that you had all of the facts and a better picture of what really took place -- and why. Sadly, this recent news coverage is a distraction to what is most important for the archdiocese and for all affected by the clergy abuse crisis.
Our priority is to move forward, mindful of the past and with care and concern for abuse survivors, while ensuring to the best of our ability that nothing like this ever happens again. In addition, we must also be mindful of the need to continue the good work of the Church in southeastern Wisconsin through the services and ministries that serve parishes, schools and others in need.
Sincerely yours,
Jerry Topczewski
Chief of Staff
Archdiocese of Miilwaukee
Protesters March To Cardinal’s Home To Support Nuns In Dispute With Vatican « CBS Chicago
About 60 Catholic activists marched from Holy Name Cathedral to Cardinal George’s residence as a show of support for the nation’s nuns, whom the Vatican accuses of having serious doctrinal problems.
Chicago is one of more than 50 cities in which similar processions and rallies are taking place this week. Supporters of the nuns say it could trigger the biggest exodus of Catholics from the pews since early in the clergy sex abuse scandal.
The Vatican action comes in the wake of two investigations, launched by Vatican officials in 2008 and 2009, one of which has been completed but not made public. The other, known as a “doctrinal assessment,” concluded that the Leadership Conference has prompted “certain radical feminist themes incompatible with the Catholic faith.
In Milwaukee Post, Cardinal Authorized Paying Abusers - NYTimes.com
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York authorized payments of as much as $20,000 to sexually abusive priests as an incentive for them to agree to dismissal from the priesthood when he was the archbishop of Milwaukee.
spokesman for the archdiocese confirmed on Wednesday that payments of as much as $20,000 were made to “a handful” of accused priests “as a motivation” not to contest being defrocked.
The minutes say that those at the meeting discussed a proposal to “offer $20,000 for laicization ($10,000 at the start and $10,000 at the completion the process).” Instead of salary, they would receive a $1,250 monthly pension benefit, and, until they found another job, health insurance.
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