{"id":1751,"date":"2012-06-24T23:33:23","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T03:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/?p=1751"},"modified":"2012-06-23T23:34:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-24T03:34:00","slug":"catholic-priest-convicted-of-csa-cover-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2012\/06\/24\/catholic-priest-convicted-of-csa-cover-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Priest Convicted of CSA Cover-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:3711,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.bbc.co.uk\\\/news\\\/world-us-canada-18560069&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250902222838\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.bbc.co.uk\\\/news\\\/world-us-canada-18560069&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-03 02:58:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-01 00:48:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-01 00:48:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>A new twist in the ever-present Catholic Child Abuse crisis happened\u00a0around the time of Jerry Sandusky&#8217;s conviction. This time a priest was convicted of covering up abuse by failing to report priests to either authorities or the new dioceses where offending priests had been moved. The BBC has the summary <a title=\"here\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-18560069\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; CBG<\/p>\n<div class=\"syndication-links\"><\/div><span class=\"kt-load-after-post\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new twist in the ever-present Catholic Child Abuse crisis happened\u00a0around the time of Jerry Sandusky&#8217;s conviction. This time a priest was convicted of covering up abuse by failing to report priests to either authorities or the new dioceses where offending priests had been moved. 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