![]() ![]() "I believe this diocese is taking the right steps," McCaskill said Tuesday. Brewer, who served in parishes in Kansas City and Blue Springs, has since left the priesthood. Last year, before Boland became bishop, the issue flared when Jackson County Prosecutor Claire McCaskill criticized the diocese for refusing to provide names of parishioners who had accused the Rev. The issue of keeping allegations confidential, which church officials have long argued helps victims step forward, was "by far the most difficult part" of the policy to tackle, said Joe McGuff, the chairman of the review panel. " The policy is the work of a panel of laypersons assembled by Boland about 10 months ago, when the newly installed bishop proclaimed "zero tolerance" toward clergy and other diocesan personnel who were found to have abused children. The new policy on sexual misconduct - at 29 pages, about five times thicker than the old one - spells out the diocese's legal obligation to report to state investigators cases involving alleged victims under age 18 "unless those allegations appear to be baseless. ![]() Joseph, according to a policy approved by Bishop Raymond J. Diocese Alters Its Policy on Clergy Abuse Child Molestation Allegations Are to Be Reported to the State, by Rick Montgomery, Kansas City Star, ĭiocese Alters Its Policy on Clergy AbuseĬhild Molestation Allegations Are to Be Reported to the StateĪllegations that a priest has molested a child can no longer be kept secret within the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. ![]()
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