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**standaman** · 04-23-2010, 04:38 AM

Originally Posted by Bulworth67
And our Cardinal purposely delayed disclosure of the abuse so as to avoid both civil and criminal liability.

Riiiiight. Cardinal Bevelaqua didn't disclose the information so the victims were left helpless and unable to persue a criminal complaint or civil action, because as we all know, without approval of The Cardinal, we're all unable to act on anything.

I believe I have a little inside information about this. What Bulworth67 said might be true; however, there are some other issues involved.

The first is that the Archdiocese combed the files of priests started with their enrollment at the Seminary where remarks could be added to their student files without any oversight or explanation and at any time and the student wouldn't know about this. For example, "interested in girls" could be put into a file about a student which would have one context at the Seminary and a different one if he was accused of abusing a girl. The Archdiocese attempted to establish context for these kind of remarks. For example the above student might have read "Little Women" and seeing this student with the book an over zealous professor might make such a remark.

I'm not excusing Card. Bevelaqua, or Card. Krol, or his predecessors, but innocent priests shouldn't have to pay for careless remarks in their official files.

04-23-2010, 04:38 AM	#24
standaman Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 870 Senior Member	Originally Posted by Bulworth67 And our Cardinal purposely delayed disclosure of the abuse so as to avoid both civil and criminal liability. Riiiiight. Cardinal Bevelaqua didn't disclose the information so the victims were left helpless and unable to persue a criminal complaint or civil action, because as we all know, without approval of The Cardinal, we're all unable to act on anything. I believe I have a little inside information about this. What Bulworth67 said might be true; however, there are some other issues involved. The first is that the Archdiocese combed the files of priests started with their enrollment at the Seminary where remarks could be added to their student files without any oversight or explanation and at any time and the student wouldn't know about this. For example, "interested in girls" could be put into a file about a student which would have one context at the Seminary and a different one if he was accused of abusing a girl. The Archdiocese attempted to establish context for these kind of remarks. For example the above student might have read "Little Women" and seeing this student with the book an over zealous professor might make such a remark. I'm not excusing Card. Bevelaqua, or Card. Krol, or his predecessors, but innocent priests shouldn't have to pay for careless remarks in their official files.
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