Parish transfers of abusive Catholic priests information
A pastoral practice that contributed to the aggravation of Catholic sex abuse cases
This article is about the Catholic Church's practice of transferring or promoting clergymen (especially priests) suspected or convicted of sexual abuse to new pastoral positions (usually in other parishes). For an overview of Catholic Church policy, see Ecclesiastical response to Catholic sexual abuse cases.
The parish transfers of abusive Catholic priests, also known as priest shuffling,[1][2][3] is a pastoral practice that has greatly contributed to the aggravation of Catholic Church sexual abuse cases. Some bishops have been heavily criticized for moving offending priests from parish to parish, where they still had personal contact with children, rather than seeking to have them permanently returned to the lay state by laicization. The Church was widely criticized when it was discovered that some bishops knew about some of the alleged crimes committed, but reassigned the accused instead of seeking to have them permanently removed from the priesthood.[4][5]
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^Nina Shapiro (9 October 2006). "Breach of Faith". Seattle Weekly. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
^Bruni, A Gospel of Shame (2002), p. 336
^Steinfels, A People Adrift (2003). pp. 40–6
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