Rigert’s New Database Available at Bishop-Accountability.org
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The detailed database, available on Bishop-Accountability.org, was prepared by Joe Rigert from information gathered for his book. In announcing the availability of the database, Bishop-Accountability said the “outsourcing” of the Irish priests showed the American connection with the continuing scandal in Ireland, where four bishops have resigned over recent revelations that they covered up abuses in the Dublin archdiocese. In his book, Rigert offers compelling evidence that cultural and clergy celibacy in Ireland was a major cause of widespread sexual abuse, much of which was carried to America. One-third of the priests publicly accused of sex abuse in this country came from Ireland or were of Irish descent. One priest, Oliver O’Grady, sexually abused up to 50 boys and girls in America.
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