California diocese to pay out $3.75 million in settlement for Irish priest

Murph46: nope, you are way off on this. In 2011, another young man, in his early twenties went to the Calaveras County Sheriff's office to say he had been violently sexually assaulted by Kelly when he was 10. He never forgot what happened to him. As I state in another post the papers are now reporting that a number of other victims have stepped forward to the police. As usual, whenever one victim paves the way , and there are news stories, those who were too afraid to come forward now feel empowered to do so. Watch for an arrest warrant.

It is very rare, in my experience, for a predator priest to admit his guilt in sexually abusing innocent children. Also, it is my understanding that the results of lie detector tests are not always reliable. I have met many who have been sexually abused by priests. I believe that, among the worst tragedies, is the attempt by the predator priest, the American hierarchy, and the lawyers hired by the bishops, to re-victimize the victims of priest sexual abuse in court. A good number of victims around the world have committed suicide because their story was not believed to be true. Many leaders of the Roman Catholic Church today, including Pope Benedict XVI, are abusing their authority, protecting predator priests, and attempting to damage the reputations of the victims. As a physician I ask myself, where is Jesus in the leadership of my church??? Sincerely, Dr Rosemary Eileen McHugh, Chicago, Illinois

the RC Church learned as AA and the medical profession has tuaght the world, addiction is a disease that ruins soul and body. This cleric was obviously not an addict, ONE "repressed memory" case does not an addict make and a man who passed a lie detector test is not a pervert. A CA jury found OJ not guilty you may recall! To deny that he is with family in his home area as the news reports stated, and in a monastery makes me glad you are not a cop, a prosecutor or a judge or on a jury Mr Tully. OR one of the many US bishops whose reputation is known for denying due process to accused clergy because someone might stop his little butt from sitting on a bigger Cathedral chair. Justice for only some is not justice. Your type prove the need for better screening.

Wait till the "victim" gets the money and starts getting drunk and braggin about it, I hope a private investigated is there to here about what a bunch of garbage the whole thing was if that's the case. Passing a lie detector is pretty good evidence that he is innocent but the civil requirement is NOT beyond a shadow of a doubt, so it's much easier to win that a criminal.

This was the "repressed memory "trial,only god and the involved persons know the truth.But the RC church certainly has done little in these cases but sweep them under the rug.

Where is this pervert hiding, is he being protected in a monastery in Ireland.