The bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri said today (November 8, 2018) that 33 priests or religious brothers in the diocese have been "credibly accused" and/or removed from the ministry over sexual abuse of minors, according to the ABC News website.
Bishop W. Shawn McKnight released a complete list of the names that followed an internal investigation begun in February.
The list includes 25 priests from the diocese, three priests from other areas who previously served in the Jefferson City diocese, and five members of a religious order.
Fourteen of the 33 men named are dead. The diocese said the most recent case of physical sexual abuse found in the investigation occurred in 1997. Only one man on the list was criminally convicted.
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