Eight Years Since the Sexual Abuse Scandal Broke in Boston, Still No End in Sight

By Patrick Noaker

It has been about eight years since the sex abuse scandal in Boston became public. It is sad that despite thousands of lawsuits across the nation, there still remains and endless number of examples of institutional cover-up within the Catholic hierarchy. Yesterday we filed a fraud lawsuit involving Fr. Thomas Stitts and the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. In this case, the Archdiocese misled parishioners at St. Leo’s parish in the Highland Park neighborhood of St. Paul by representing to them that Fr. Stitts was safe around children when the Archdiocese knew full well that he was a child molester.

Read the Star Tribune article here.

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A program on clergy sex crimes called Educating to End Abuse is starting it's 4th season this eveening tonight at 6pm central time. It is a live internet show from KCTU Wichita with a national toll free number for listeners to call-in and be a part of the show. The special guests this evening are two men who survived molestation as children in Catholic orphanges, one in New York and one in Australia. Tune in at 6pm central time at http://www.kctu.com/. Also to join in the conversation you can call 1-866-905-8855.