Re: Documents show church coverup in Memphis

On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:59:19 +0100, Alan Ferris <hairy.ferrit@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Stinky's so hungry for scandal that he no longer recognizes old problems already
settled.








Documents show church coverup in Memphis
Published: April 7, 2010 at 11:23 PM
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/04/07/Documents-show-church-coverup-in-Memphis/UPI-46661270696985/

MEMPHIS, April 7 (UPI) -- Documents unsealed in a lawsuit against the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Memphis show priests accused of sexual abuse
were moved to other parishes.

A court opened about 10,000 pages of depositions and other documents
after a year of litigation by The Memphis Commercial Appeal and the
Memphis Daily News. The documents indicate at least 15 priests in
western Tennessee were the subject of sexual abuse complaints.

A lawsuit by a man who says he was molested as a 14-year-old in 2000
by the Rev. Juan Carlos Duran was settled last year for $2 million.
The diocese paid $1.55 million and the Dominican order $450,000.

"Memphis was a microcosm of the overall scandal," Gary Smith, a lawyer
for the plaintiff, told the Commercial Appeal. "Most of the victims
don't come forward, but when they did, then Memphis handled it the way
everyone else did: They swept it under the rug."

Lawyers spent several months before the documents were released
removing names of both victims and of priests subject to
unsubstantiated abuse charges.

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