Thursday, March 03, 2005

Vatican gets names of 7 accused of abuse

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) - The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque disclosed Wednesday that it had sent the names of seven Catholic priests accused of sexual abuse to the Vatican for possible punishment.

"We are awaiting the response," said Monsignor James Barta, vicar general of the archdiocese, which covers 30 northeast Iowa counties and the cities of Waterloo, Cedar Rapids, Dubuque and Mason City.
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