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20 June 2016

Church expert confirms there was option for priest to deal with abuse reports

A parish priest at Mount Cashel in the 1950s would have been aware of an option to deal outside the secrecy of confession with a boy's report of sexual abuse by a Christian Brother, an expert on canon law agreed  in court this morning.
Fr. Francis Morrissey of Ottawa concluded his testimony at the civil trial in Newfoundland Supreme Court before the lunch break.

http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2016-06-14/article-4559283/Church-expert-confirms-there-was-option-for-priest-to-deal-with-abuse-reports/1