The number of lists has more than tripled since the clergy sex abuse crisis broke last year, but there are no uniform standards among the nation’s 178 dioceses about how to compile them.
The Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore this week made a major revision to its list of priests deemed credibly accused of abusing minors — upping the number by 22 percent, to 126, by adding for the first time some who were accused after their deaths. The Archdiocese of New York on Friday released a list of 120 priests and deacons — without including details of the men’s work histories.
Many dioceses don’t include on their lists priests who are believed to have abused in their jurisdictions but are technically affiliated with religious orders or with another diocese. Some dioceses exclude people who are dead or who have only one accuser. Lists often include sparse information about priests’ work history or details of the allegations or evidence.
To many victims, the lists are a public affirmation that they told the truth and, in many cases, are not alone in being abused by a specific priest. That’s why some feel angry when lists are incomplete or hard to access on diocesan websites. In the case of Awad, McFadden says Stallings denied the complaint received in 2008. Stallings wasn’t included on the newly released list, McFadden said, because the complaint against him was of “conduct that was not explicitly sexual.”
When Specht was accused, he was placed on administrative leave and shortly after requested medical retirement. “He now lives in retirement, does not have permission to practice priestly ministry, and will not return to priestly ministry,” the diocese said in a statement. Billy Atwell, chief communications officer for the diocese, in an emailed statement pointed toward the fact that no police charges were filed and that “substantial evidence was not offered to the diocese.”
“My definition I use is: ‘could have happened in terms of time, location, people involved and plausibility,’ ” said McChesney, the consultant.
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