As if we weren’t embarrassed enough as Catholics, CBS News is now accusing Daniel Cardinal DiNardo of mishandling abuse cases in his diocese. Of course, our embarrassment is the least of our problems in the Church. The abuse and the mishandling of abuse cases must stop.
Now, a CBS News investigation has uncovered a lack of action by DiNardo in handling sex abuse allegations in his own archdiocese. […]
[…] CBS News spent three months asking for a formal interview with DiNardo. He never made himself available, so we caught up with him in the hallway during the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore last week, and asked if he was aware there were two priests with credible sexual abuse allegations in active ministry.
“It depends what names you’re talking about,” he said.
When he was told the allegations are against Keller and Brinkman, DiNardo replied: “That’s not a credible one. And Terry [Brinkman] was never credible.”
As for his list of credibly accused priests he said he will release in January, DiNardo said, “We’re working on the list.”
Nikki Battiste, CBS News
Read the whole story here.
Also in the news this morning:
Catholic diocese in Iowa removes priest after girl reports inappropriate touching
New Catholic Church abuse claims surface in New Orleans
