In criminal investigation, New Orleans judge demands paper trail from archbishop Gregory Aymond all the way to the Vatican
The criminal investigation into child sexual abuse in New Orleans’ Roman Catholic archdiocese has entered a major new phase, after a judge ordered the church to turn over records to Louisiana state police showing how it responded to abuse allegations over the last several decades.
The order signed on Monday seeks files that would identify every priest and deacon accused of abusing children while working in the US’s second-oldest archdiocese; when those complaints were first made; and whether the church turned those cases over to police, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the matter.
Significantly, police are also demanding copies of all communications among New Orleans’ current archbishop, Gregory Aymond, his aides and their superiors at the Vatican, those sources said.
Good.
The “Cool Pope” doesn’t want this, by the way.
The “Cool Pope”
People call him that?
Edit: Apparently they do. No idea why this is the first I’ve heard him called that.
Yep. And it pisses me off every time I hear or read it.
He’s ever so slightly less awful than the last couple, which people have taken to mean he’s 100% a-ok for some reason.
Plus people really like it when you make it official doctrine that their dog is going to heaven. Why we needed the pope to tell us that is beyond me, everyone already knew All Dogs Go to Heaven
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Idiots. They should have made their victims sign arbitration agreements.
Who do they think they are, Discord?
I wouldn’t put it past them to make that become a term and condition before first holy communion or confirmation
