San Diego Diocese Sex Abuse Case: Lawyers Release 10,000 Unsealed Documents

San Diego Diocese Sex Abuse Case: Lawyers Release 10,000 Unsealed Documents: "'You have won a reputation as a zealous worker and devoted to the poor,' Bishop Buddy wrote the priest in a December 1962 letter.
'On the other hand, the 'incidents' at Indio were more serious than first presented to me, especially inasmuch as the police have made a record of them. You know how word gets around, so that you be certain that the police here will be on your trail. ... It will be more prudent and more secure for you to return to your own diocese.'"

Wow, "word gets around... the police here will be on your trail"... Who is this, Father Bugsy? This is gangster film dialog - spewing from the mouth of a priest advising a sexual predator. Breathtaking stuff... time to sell the vatican and break up the art collections?

"The papers also contain documents from the files of Rev. Anthony Rodrigue. In 1976, a group of parents at Rodrigue's parish in Heber, Calif., complained he had molested their children, according to court documents.

The priest was sent to a psychiatric facility in Massachusetts for treatment but was put back in ministry despite the recommendations of those who treated him.

Rodrigue later admitted he had molested between four to five children a year over a span of 22 years, said Irwin Zalkin, an attorney for the plaintiffs. About 30 people filed lawsuits against the diocese alleging sexual abuse against the priest, who died within the last year, he said.

'He was probably one of the most prolific abusers in this diocese. ... And they knew about this guy from his days in the seminary but kept him in ministry,' Zalkin said."

Uber wow !