Men who say a priest molested them claim a bishop is trying to avoid paying damages.
The Associated Press
January 23, 2003
Links to other sources of information
SNAP
National Website
The central website for the Survivors Network of those Abused by
Priests
SurvivorsFirst.org
This site contains materials related to the sexual abuse scandal for victims and
Catholic laity.
It is operated by survivors and supporters who are trying to help survivors but
who are not interested in destroying the church. SurvivorsFirst.org is
working to compile the largest and most complete database of sex abusers
associated with the Roman Catholic Church.
Abuse
Tracker: NCR Online
The National Catholic Reporter site provides an extensive archive and the latest news articles
on survivors
and the Roman Catholic sex abuse scandal/cover-up.
The Dallas Morning
News Database: Catholic bishops and sex abuse
Roughly two-thirds of top U.S.
Catholic leaders have allowed priests accused of sexual abuse to keep working, a
systematic practice that spans decades and continues today, a three-month
Dallas Morning News review shows. The study - the first of its kind - looked
at the records of the top leaders of the nation’s 178 mainstream Roman Catholic
dioceses, including acting administrators in cases where the top job is vacant.
Archdiocese of Portland website
Apology for Abuse
Oregon Catholic Church admits Priest molested boys
Associated Press
October 10, 2000
"This moment of
tremendous suffering and anxiety will pass"
Archbishop Vlazny discusses the sex abuse/cover-up scandal
"Understandably,
dissensions among us have arisen, disregard for legitimate authority is on the
rise,
the smooth talkers seem to have all the answers, and the “wrong folks”
regretfully remain in charge."
Church is hiding
assets, sex-abuse plaintiffs say
Men who say a priest molested them claim a
bishop is trying to avoid paying damages.
The Associated Press
January 23, 2003
Bishop denies
'shell game' plot to avoid big priest-abuse damages
January 22, 2003 - The bishop of the Bend-based Catholic Diocese
of Baker on Wednesday rejected as "outrageous and outlandish" charges by alleged
priest abuse victims that he recently incorporated each of 35 parishes, and now
seeks to transfer church assets to them, to avoid liability in a $60
million-plus civil lawsuit. www.bend.com
Oregon Bishop Barred From Asset Transfer
Associated Press
BEND, Ore.
- A judge on Monday barred the Roman Catholic
Bishop for Eastern Oregon from transferring diocese assets to individual
churches
while facing nearly $70 million in claims for alleged sexual abuse by a priest.
The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests