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U.S. NEWS Saturday 2 February 2019
Top U.S cardinal let priest accused

of sexual abuse lead Mass

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Survivors Network of those diocese said they recently
Associated Press Abused by Priests, accused received new allegations
HOUSTON (AP) — The car- DiNardo Friday of "waiting against Keller.
dinal who leads the U.S. until the last minute to re- But allegations that Keller
Conference of Catholic move" Keller because he let a 16-year-old boy drink
Bishops allowed a priest to knew the case was getting alcohol and then fondled
celebrate Mass the same media attention. him have been public
day his name was among Letting Keller celebrate since at least 2003, when
those released on a list of Mass on Thursday morning The Dallas Morning News
clergy credibly accused of was "nonsense," Norris said. reported that Keller was In this Nov. 13, 2017, file photo, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of the
sexual abuse. "The idea is when you re- ordered to undergo coun- Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, president of the United
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo move someone from min- seling "to ensure he is not at States Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks at a news con-
told the Rev. John T. Keller istry, you remove someone risk for any future inappro- ference during the USCCB's annual fall meeting in Baltimore.
on Wednesday evening from ministry," Norris said. priate behavior." Associated Press
that he would be placed "You remove the accused According to the news-
on administrative leave the immediately." paper, Catholic officials in terview with the man in No- in which it said it had re-
next day, the Archdiocese As head of the Catho- Houston said then that the vember and another inter- ported allegations against
of Galveston-Houston said lic bishops, DiNardo has conduct "did not fit for it view Thursday with a sec- Keller to civil authorities
in a statement Friday. shaped the U.S. Catholic to be identified as sexual ond person who accused and that it encouraged
DiNardo allowed Keller to Church's response to the abuse" and let Keller re- Keller of touching him inap- victims to cooperate with
lead the 9 a.m. Thursday clergy abuse crisis and met main at his parish, Prince of propriately when he was 8. any investigation.
Mass at his parish, the state- with Pope Francis about Peace Catholic Communi- The archdiocese declined Keller was still listed as Prince
ment said, because Keller the issue. ty in northwest Houston. to comment on Keller's of Peace's pastor on the
"was already scheduled to At the same time, his han- CBS News broadcast an in- case beyond its statement, parish's website Friday.q
celebrate" it. dling of cases in Houston
Hours later, Keller was listed has come under question.
among 40 members of the Another local priest, Rev.
clergy as having been re- Manuel La Rosa-Lopez, was
moved from ministry due charged in September with
to "recent allegations cur- four counts of indecency
rently under investigation." with a child. Two people
Fourteen dioceses in Texas who said La Rosa-Lopez
on Thursday named those victimized them told The As-
credibly accused of abuse, sociated Press that they felt
identifying 286 priests and DiNardo didn't do enough
others accused of sexually to stop La Rosa-Lopez, who
abusing children. was also on the list released
Michael Norris, a member Thursday.
of the advocacy group DiNardo and the arch-

Report: ICE doesn't

always hold contractors

accountable

PHOENIX (AP) — A gov- tracts with private compa-
ernment report has found nies or governments. ICE
that the U.S. Immigration contracts out most of its
and Customs Enforcement detention services.
agency doesn't always The inspector general
hold contractors who care found only 28 of the 106
for detained immigrants facilities it investigated had
accountable. such plans in their con-
The report by the Office tracts. ICE has more than
of the Inspector General 200 facilities that detain im-
dated Tuesday found ICE migrants, but not all were
doesn't routinely impose included in this report.
financial penalties on con- "Instead of holding facili-
tractors for deficiencies ties accountable through
such as failing to report financial penalties, ICE is-
problems such as sexual as- sued waivers to facilities
saults or misconduct to the with deficient conditions,
agency. seeking to exempt them
The government report from having to comply with
specifically focused on the certain detention stan-
use of quality assurance dards," the report states.q
plans built into ICE con-