Task force investigating Saginaw Diocese warns against witness intimidation

The Saginaw County Prosecutor's Office has issued a statement discouraging intimidation and derision of those coming forward in the ongoing investigation of sexual abuse within the Saginaw Catholic Diocese. "The recent verbal attacks on the victims in these cases are unfounded," reads the statement, jointly authored by the task force and prosecutors handling the investigation. "The charges (against the Rev. Robert "Father Bob" DeLand Jr.) are based, in part, on audio/visual police recordings. Any attempts to discourage other victims to come forward by letting them know that they too will be publicly attacked will also be addressed."

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