Vatican official to face any questions in Oregon
A senior official of the Vatican is anticipated that a filing on Monday where lawyers plan to ask him, as the Diocese of Portland, Ore.. Trafficking charges of sexual abuse by priests during his tenure.
Officially, the former Archbishop William Levada was served with a summons, before being sent to Rome last summer, as Prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith - the position formerly in the possession by Pope Benedict XVI. He is the highest ever Vatican in possession of an American post.
Archbishop Levada Archbishop of Portland from 1986 to 1995 before transferring to San Francisco. In 2004, Portland was the first Catholic diocese in the USA to declare bankruptcy, cited complaints of sexual abuse asked that more than $ 155 million in damages.
More than 150 of these complaints are still pending, said the complainants’ lawyer, Kelly Clark.
“The bankruptcy court to determine what is the value of those rights,” said Clark. “We try to show that the Archdiocese of Portland, over the past 40 years, a policy and practice, a response to the demands of child abuse under an appropriate manner.”
In December, 30, Judge Elizabeth Perris limited the scope of the archbishop levada the investigation to his knowledge of church policies and procedures in dealing with requests for sexual abuse, accusations against the priest and policy regarding storage and disposition of records, among others.
The lawyers are prohibited from Archbishop Levada inquiry about his work in Rome.
In his new position, Archbishop Levada reviews abuse allegations against priests and the whole world is against the accused is a member of the clergy or refers the case back to local bishops.
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