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Chicago Newspaper Criticizes Church Document on Sex Abuse Accusations, by Felix Miller – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Felix Miller, Catholic Vote, August 4, 2025

The Chicago Sun-Times has published an article arguing that a Vatican document released in February prohibiting dioceses from publicly listing the names of priests credibly accused of abuse but not yet been found guilty or innocent could lead to “a new era of secrecy over child sex abuse.”

The Aug. 1 article by Robert Herguth focuses on the status of such lists in dioceses in Illinois and nearby states.

“As part of their stated commitment to transparency and healing over the decades-long clergy sex abuse crisis, all six Catholic dioceses in Illinois post public listings online that name clergy members deemed to have been credibly accused of molesting children,” the Sun-Times reported.

The Diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan, however, has no intention of creating a similar listing, according to the Sun-Times, because of because of the Vatican document, which was issued to bishops in September 2024. The document says such lists fail to uphold the presumption of innocence. …

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