Washington is fighting still missing Diocese of misconduct
How Pope Benedict XVI to visit the USA in order to heal the wounds of the crisis of clergy sex abuse, a rural Roman Catholic diocese in the Pacific Northwest new accusations that his bishop has sexual misbehaviour priests and employees.
The costs are largely escaped notice outside Yakima, but critics say that signs of systemic secrecy in a diocese has been a springboard for the group leaders in the Catholic Church in the USA. Guide to the church, meanwhile made an apology, but said that the incidents are not covered, even if they are not made public.
“It is not yet fully lockstep. You have to respond to every bishop of Rome and everybody runs his own store. And they all interpret things in their own way, and some are more active than others , “Said Thomas Plante, professor of psychology at Santa Clara University and author of several books on issues of clergy abuse.
Founded in 1951, the Diocese of Yakima serves a wide circle of seven power in Washington, which stretches from the Cascade Mountains east to rolling fruit, wine wine and fields of hops, apples land and wheat. Commune members are a longstanding farm families and recent immigrants already in the field of agricultural work.
The diocese was a field exercise as a guide for well respected in the church. Former bishops are Cardinal Francis George, Archbishop of Chicago, Bishop William Skylstad Spokane. George Skylstad has recently succeeded as president of the USA Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Yakima is between two of the six dioceses, the consequences of bankruptcy as a consequence of sex abuse suits: Portland, Ore.. and Spokane. Yakima has paid approximately $ 1.25 million to settle claims of sex abuse, the seven priests, including a few decades back.
But recent allegations disturbing Church now critical.
During 2003, Bishop Carlos Sevilla rented a withdrawal of staff that is known to the subject of an investigation by the contemplation of child pornography while he was a seminarian at Mount Angel , Ore. The man, arrested near Yakima, last month broadcasts on an arrest warrant issued in 2005, now awaits an extradition request for consultation on the four charges for the promotion of sexual abuse pedophile.
The diocese has announced his arrest April 1. Seville, said he rented the man, because it is isolated episode of the incident, and because the supply of administrative work. He has since apologized for the “serious disturbance in good faith.”
During 2003, a priest in northern Oregon convicted of sexually abusing a boy and girl was deported to his native Colombia. Before the transfer of Oregon, he served in the Diocese of Yakima in May 2000 to February 2003.
Commune members in Oregon and Washington have not been disclosed to this case. A national law of victims’ support group, News April 10, in a letter at the request of Seville skip celebrations of the Pontifical as penance. “Sevilla said he did not hide the conviction, but it should be made public.
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