Focus (Forum & Focus)
Jul. 7, 2007
Priests' Privacy Rights Cannot Override Protection of Children
Forum Column - By John Manly - A recent clergy sexual-abuse case in Santa Barbara illustrates how members of the Roman Catholic Church have used legal contortions to impede investigations.
By John Manly
On June 18, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Peter Lichtman issued a sweeping decision that overruled the privacy objections of the Santa Barbara Franciscan Order and some of its priests who were accused of serial acts of molestation upon children. The ruling arose out of a huge settlement paid by the Santa Barbara province of the Franciscan order to compens...
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