Kudos to Patrick Morrisey:
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Diocese of Wheeling Charleston is the target of civil litigation by the office of Attorney General Patrick Morrisey. The suit blames the Diocese and its Bishops for allowing those who had a record of child sexual abuse to continue to hold positions of power within the church, especially in areas with access to children.
“The suit alleges the Diocese and their Bishops knowingly employed pedophiles and failed to conduct adequate background checks for those working at school and camps,” Morrisey said.
“As in other diocese in other states, the Wheeling-Charleston Diocese engaged in a pattern of denial and cover up when it discovered its priests were sexually abusing children,” said Morrisey. “Particularly in schools and camps run by the Catholic church and funded through tuition paid by West Virginia consumers.”
The civil complaint alleged the Diocese and its bishops chose to cover up and conceal arguably criminal behavior of child sexual abuse. It outlined several examples of how the Diocese knowingly employed admitted sexual abusers, priests credibly accused of child sexual abuse and hired others without adequate background checks.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Diocese of Wheeling Charleston is the target of civil litigation by the office of Attorney General Patrick Morrisey. The suit blames the Diocese and its Bishops for allowing those who had a record of child sexual abuse to continue to hold positions of power within the church, especially in areas with access to children.
“The suit alleges the Diocese and their Bishops knowingly employed pedophiles and failed to conduct adequate background checks for those working at school and camps,” Morrisey said.
“As in other diocese in other states, the Wheeling-Charleston Diocese engaged in a pattern of denial and cover up when it discovered its priests were sexually abusing children,” said Morrisey. “Particularly in schools and camps run by the Catholic church and funded through tuition paid by West Virginia consumers.”
The civil complaint alleged the Diocese and its bishops chose to cover up and conceal arguably criminal behavior of child sexual abuse. It outlined several examples of how the Diocese knowingly employed admitted sexual abusers, priests credibly accused of child sexual abuse and hired others without adequate background checks.
