Where did the priests go?

The church review of whether Catholic bishops are doing enough to prevent sex abuse showed that at least 150 credibly accused priests had moved out of their dioceses, raising worries that offenders are living unsupervised in places where most people know nothing about them.
Among those 150 priests, auditors learned that 10 clergymen had left the country, some returning to home dioceses overseas, and that at least four could not be found.

The whereabouts of the rest of the group are known to church leaders, and the report said that, where possible, bishops had complied with their new policy and sent confidential notices to the priests’ new dioceses.

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