Sins of the Fathers
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4.3 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2019
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
For years now, survivors of Catholic clergy sexual abuse have sought accountability at the local level, taking claims to their parish or bishop. But the Roman Catholic Church is a global institution, and experts say its cover-up of child abuse reaches the upper echelons of church leadership. What would it take to go after the Vatican?
Guest: Marci Hamilton, founder of CHILD USA. This episode first aired on Nov. 14, 2018. Tell us what you think by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts or sending an email to whatnext@slate.com. Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Anna Martin.
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| 0:00.0 | Michael J. Amy. Thomas J. Bender. |
| 0:13.9 | Donald C. Bolton. Robert F. Bauer. |
| 0:20.3 | This past summer, as part of a grand jury report, the state attorney general in Pennsylvania released this list. |
| 0:28.6 | Michael R. Freeman. |
| 0:31.0 | Edward Graff. |
| 0:32.7 | Francis J. From Holzer. |
| 0:35.5 | It's a list of 301 members of the Catholic clergy, |
| 0:39.3 | all of them accused of sexual abuse. |
| 0:42.2 | Robert E. Hannan. |
| 0:43.5 | Edward George Ganster. |
| 0:45.4 | James P. Hopkins. |
| 0:46.7 | Francis T. Gillespie. |
| 0:48.9 | Almost every instance of abuse was too old to be prosecuted. |
| 0:53.5 | The statute of limitations had expired. |
| 0:56.3 | Over 1,000 child victims were identified by our investigation, though the grand jury notes |
| 1:05.4 | that they believe that number was in the thousands. |
| 1:14.1 | And the Pennsylvania Attorney General, he made it clear. |
| 1:16.0 | This list was just the beginning. |
| 1:26.1 | As the report reads, we should emphasize that while the lists of priests is long, we don't think we got them all. |
| 1:38.8 | But the most shocking thing about this report is that it wasn't just about priests. It was about the entire church hierarchy. I issued the following clear challenge to every Pennsylvania bishop in each diocese. |
| 1:49.1 | The time for institutions to place their own interests above protecting our children is over. |
| 1:59.0 | I will not tolerate it. |
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