Thursday, January 29, 2009
Hannan / Law and Order / Media New Info on Catholic Priest Pedophile Relocated to Nashville
Posted by Caleb Hannan on Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 12:06 PM
For a decade starting in the mid-'70s, Monroe allegedly abused dozens of young boys in Indianapolis. The Archdiocese responded by shuttling him back and forth to a dubious, Catholics-only treatment center that declared Monroe not to be a threat to young children. In 1984, after more parents came forward to church officials claiming their kids had been abused, the Archdiocese removed Monroe from the ministry.
Sometime in the interim between then and now Monroe relocated to Nashville. It's unclear whether this was church mandated or by his own accord. Because the statute of limitations had run out, Monroe was not forced to register as a sex offender. Nor was his new arrival made public by Nashville's diocese (us Catholics aren't too keen on warning the neighbors when our pedophiles move next door).
In 2006, Monroe was working unsupervised at Centennial Hospital. Since then he's been fired. Because no one is answering at his current listed number, there's realistically only one group of people who know Monroe's current whereabouts. And they're the last people who'd be willing to tell.
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We believe Monroe has committed more recent crimes and can still be prosecutred. But only if everyone who saw, suspected or suffered his misdeeds comes forward and calls the police (especially current and former church employees and members).
David Clohessy
National Director, SNAP
Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests
314 566 9790 cell, 314 645 5915
SNAPnetwork.org
SNAPclohessy@aol.com
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On June 9th 2006 we held a press conference in Nashville in front of Centennial Medical Center where Harry Monroe was working. We asked the Dioceses to alert the people that he was an admitted pedophile priest long ago removed from ministry in Indianapolis. He has been living in Nashville for many years, once workiing the night shift at St. Thomas Hospital. If the Dioceses are going to continue to shift these guys around the country do they not have any obligation to alert the public to their presence? They kept the abuse covered up, they allowed these perpetrators to move from parish to parish being presented with a new batch of kids. When they move from one Diocese to another the intent is to get them out of the public eye, in essense to again give them anonymity. What responsibility do the leaders of the church have for notifying the public? The Nashville Diocese has allowed the movement of it's pedophile priests to other states with no notification just as Indianapolis has. We are certainly aware that they continued to abuse. Is this protection for children? Where is the accountability. Imagine all Dioceses doing this all over the world. We know there are several in Nashville and have held press conferences on all but two. Do they live near your children??? Ask the Diocese.
Sexual abuse among the catholic priesthood is only the tip of a much greater iceberg of institutional corruption. And to top it all off, now, the very origins of that church are under question by a new interpretation of the Resurrection spreading on the web, one that could see the whole of 'tradition' staring into the abyss. http://www.energon.org.uk
