ARCHDIOCESE RELEASES MORE INFORMATION ON SEX CRIMINAL CHRISTIAN PRIESTS
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By Deborah Becker
WBUR
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Boston - The Boston Archdiocese is releasing more information about
three abusive priests with ties to Ireland who worked in Boston. The
archdiocese says the three men were never accused of abuse before or
while they worked here.
Two of the three Irish priests the archdiocese says worked in Boston
are deceased. Brendan Smyth, a notorious abuser who died in prison in
Dublin in the '90s, worked briefly at St. Camillus Church in
Arlington in 1991. Another serial abuser, Joseph Maguire, died in
prison in New Hampshire in 2005. He worked at the Stigmatine Fathers
Espousal Center in Waltham from 1981 to 1985.
The third priest, Dennis Murphy, worked at St. Cecilia's Church in
Boston in the late '90s. His last-known parish assignment was in
Virginia. It's not clear where Murphy is now.
Anne Barrett Doyle, co-director of BishopAccountability.org, is among
those asking for more details. "The little bit of information about
the Irish priests raises questions as well as answers them," she said
at a news conference outside the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in
Boston on Wednesday.
Doyle asked state officials to get involved. "We're calling again on
Attorney General (Martha) Coakley to follow through with her stated
intention to ask the archdiocese to release the names and assignment
histories of all accused priests in Boston," she said.
The attorney general has not said whether she's made that request.
The archdiocese says it is improving abuse prevention efforts and its
screening of all church workers.
More at:
http://www.wbur.org/2010/01/27/irish-priests-conference
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