Yikes

If this story is even largely true, episcopal malfeasance such as that seen in Boston and Los Angeles appears to have occurred here too.

Nut grafs:

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Denver was told at least three times of child sex-abuse allegations against one of its priests but continued to allow him to serve and moved him from parish to parish for years, according to interviews with alleged victims, one of his former superiors and church documents obtained by The Denver Post.

Since the newspaper on Tuesday detailed one allegation against the former priest, 72-year-old Harold Robert White of Denver, seven other men have come to The Post with allegations of being fondled or sexually abused by White in the 1960s . . .

White . . . remained in the ministry until 1993. He was laicized, or removed from the priesthood, last year.

. . . The Rev. James E. Kane, White's former superior at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Sterling, confirmed that he notified then- Archbishop James Casey in the middle to late 1960s about an allegation against White.

Kane, now retired, refused to answer questions about what happened as a result of his report to Casey, who died in 1986.

". . . I feel if a person has an illness, whatever it should be, what we should do for these people is pray for them and not criticize them or write stories about them," Kane said.

Not criticize them? I could see a priest asking people to refrain from committing sins against child molesters. For crying out loud, if the dog makes a mess you criticize him! Do we expect less of priests than we do of animals who lack not only supernatural grace but the gift of reason?