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Diocese of Toledo to Pay $1 Million to Three Priest Sex Abuse Victims
The laicized priest was sentenced to life in prison in November.
The laicized priest was sentenced to life in prison in November.
Father Rupnik has been accused by about two dozen women, mostly former nuns, of sexually abusing them during the past three decades.
The priest is being held in jail in Williamson County, Tennessee, on $2 million bond, the police said.
Some of the allegations contained in the report date to the 1970s and 1980s, though others occurred as recently as 2017.
Priest Sex-Abuse Investigation Expands
Father Mata’s bonds were set at $75,000 and $100,000, the police department said.
Overall, the attorney general’s report on the inquiry cited nearly a dozen 'clergy case histories' in which the diocese failed in various ways to investigate or address abuse claims against priests.
EDITORIAL: The former Jesuit priest is entitled to due process. His art is not.
As of Tuesday, the priest was once again listed on Sacred Heart’s website as its pastor after having been removed during the investigation.
Despite the absence of charges, Cardinal Dew, who retired as archbishop of Wellington at the age of 75 last May, continues to refrain from participating in public ministry pending the outcome of the Church’s own investigation.
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