...Authorities redacted names from the report of some alleged abusers and church officials under an order from the courts. That’s frustrated survivors and their advocates, who have been working with reporters to identify the individuals.
The Banner used court and property records along with details from the survivor’s interview to identify the alleged abuser as Michael V. Scriber. Two additional people said they were either abused by or suspected Scriber of abuse, according to the report. The attorney general’s office declined to comment for this article.
In addition, The Banner used church directories that list priests’ job assignments to identify the Rev. Joseph G. Fiorentino as redacted priest No. 148 from the report. Fiorentino served for more than a decade at Our Lady of Pompei in Highlandtown in the 1960s and ’70s. His whereabouts today are unknown to the archdiocese and the attorney general’s office. The Banner was also unable to locate him...
In MoCo the abusers are hiding in plain sight and are rubbing shoulders with the prominent.
ReplyDeleteThey are neck and neck:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.npr.org/2018/08/18/639698062/the-clergy-abuse-crisis-has-cost-the-catholic-church-3-billion
https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2023-03-28/judge-affirms-boy-scouts-of-americas-2-46-billion-sex-abuse-settlement
In other news: https://news.yahoo.com/boy-scouts-america-plan-gather-171425017.html
ReplyDelete"It's now possible to begin the process of paying at least US $2.45 billion to resolve about 82,000 claims against the Boy Scouts and affiliated entities asserted by people who allege that they were sexually abused as children over the past 80 years."
They are coming out of the woodwork:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/bs-md-baltimore-catholic-church-credibly-accused-list-20230630-u2z5kiiz3jhz5ab25yg6rvktiu-story.html