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The Child Protection eNewsletter

L.A. Archdiocese moved problem priests for 75 years…


After nearly three years of legal wrangling, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles has released information from the personnel files of 126 clergy accused of sexual abuse. The confidential records show that for more than 75 years the nation's largest archdiocese shipped accused priests between therapy and new assignments, often ignoring parishioners' complaints. http://www.cnn.com Summaries of the personnel records were disclosed Tuesday as part of settlement talks with lawyers for more than 500 accusers who sued the nation's largest Roman Catholic archdiocese. http://www.allheadlinenews.com The records include priests who were ordained as far back as the 1920s.

KTLA reports that the documents released indicate that numerous children might have avoided harm if church leaders in the 1960s, '70s and '80s had reacted more vigorously to warnings about abusive priests. http://ktla.trb.com The documents have been posted on the archdiocese website at http://www.la-archdiocese.org.

Meanwhile, the Catholic Diocese of Spokane would sell its headquarters and the home of Bishop William Skylstad to settle claims of people who contend they were sexually abused by priests, according to a reorganization plan the diocese filed Monday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. http://www.heraldnet.com But the issue of who owns individual parishes, schools and other Catholic property in the diocese is still unresolved, so the plan to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy carries few specifics on the amount of money that would be available for victims. Church officials are appealing a Bankruptcy Court ruling that all of the individual parishes and many other Catholic assets of the diocese can be included in the settlement pot.

Oprah nabs another…
Posted on: October 4, 2005 Captured on: October 5, 2005 For two years, Niles Scott was wanted by the state of Ohio on charges including rape, kidnapping and unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.Another accused sex offender, Niles Scott, was arrested in Belize after a woman recognized him on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and contacted local authorities, according to an FBI statement posted on Winfrey’s Web site. http://www.msnbc.msn.com The second arrest was reported as two women received $50,000 checks from Oprah Winfrey's show for their part in capturing a fugitive sex offender from Indiana in Fargo, ND. http://www.abcnews.go.comHelp save our children. Details on Oprah’s $100,000 reward.

For more information on the two apprehended offenders and others still at large, visit Oprah’s website at http://www2.oprah.com

In other news…
Thousands of children displaced by Hurricane Katrina are still sorting through their feelings a month after Katrina struck, trying to make sense of the tragedy as they get settled in unfamiliar cities and strange new homes. http://www.picayuneitem.com Psychologists report that it is not uncommon for children to struggle with negative thoughts and memories for months and even years after a disaster.

A Pottstown, PA woman is under orders to notify the Schuylkill County Department of Children and Youth Services within 24 hours of giving birth. Her husband is a registered sex offender. http://www.capetimes.co.za

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Monday that grandparents can be awarded visitation rights with grandchildren over a parent's wishes in some circumstances. http://www.onnnews.com

The court's unanimous decision sided with maternal grandparents who wanted to visit a granddaughter following the death of her mother but were challenged by the girl's father. The decision was one in a series of rulings by state Supreme Courts following a 2000 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that narrowed the visitation rights of grandparents.



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