KY Diocese Publishes Accused List churchmilitant.com
The diocese of Lexington released a list of accused clergy on Friday.
Lexington’s bishop, Most Rev. John Stowe, announced the list’s publication in a letter, stating, “With profound shame and abiding sadness for all who have been victimized by priests within what is now the diocese of Lexington, I present the following listing of priests accused of the abuse of minors.”
Independent investigators compiled the list of 23 priests. It includes 10 priests with “substantiated allegations” of sexual abuse of minors, four with “credible allegations,” eight who served in the area but have allegations in other dioceses and one priest against whom allegations were deemed “unsubstantiated.”…
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