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Brief analysis of Cardinal George's deposition:

The cardinal says his vicar general at the time of McCormack's first arrest, mishandled the case (p. 94). Yet, after McCormack's second arrest, that vicar general, Fr. George Rassas, was elevated to an Auxiliary Bishop in the archdiocese.
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Clergy sex abuse victims announce new settlements
One lawsuit was settled against each of the following archdiocesan priests: Fr. Robert F. Johnston, Fr. James A. Funke, Fr. Donald “Duck” Straub, and Fr. Joseph P. Lessard. Two lawsuits were settled against Fr. Michael S. McGrath. None of them are currently face criminal charges, though Funke went to prison in 1987 for child molestation, Johnston was arrested and charged (but released) in 2006, and Lessard admitted abusing kids in a 2002 Post Dispatch interview. More>>

An open Letter to Bishop Hermann:

Dear Bishop Hermann: On your first full day in office as the new head of this archdiocese, you have an opportunity to
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(Each fact cited below, in each case, has appeared in media accounts in at least one credible mainstream news source, and usually, in several such sources.)

1. On Friday, a Wisconsin judge sentenced a serial predator priest to six months in jail. Sometime between 2003 and 2006, Burke let that cleric, Fr. Bruce MacArthur, move to a church center for pedophile priests in Franklin County, even though MacArthur had been accused of molesting at least seven girls and was indicted in the attempted rape of a disabled, mute 54-year-old patient at a nursing home.


2. Right now, he’s quietly letting an admitted pedophile priest work at/near and live on/near St. Louis University.

He’s Fr. Vincent Bryce, who was suspended from two Michigan parishes in 2002 when he admitted molesting a child. (His direct supervisors have acknowledged the admission in writing). Bryce works at the Acquinas Institute, directly across the street from SLU and lives in Jesuit Hall, at the northwest corner of Grand and Lindell.

In December, a Chicago area newspaper disclosed that Bryce is here, but no St. Louis media have yet mentioned his name.

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