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Article: DIOCESE PLEDGES TO REPORT ABUSE; SPOKESWOMAN SAYS BISHOP JAMES MOYNIHAN IS ADHERING TO JUNE CHARTER'S WORDING.(Local)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- November 24, 2002
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Byline: Renee K. Gadoua Staff writer; Staff writer Jim O'Hara contributed to this report.
State lawmakers are unlikely to approve a bill this year that would require clergy to report cases of sexual abuse to civil authorities.
The Syracuse Diocese, however, is not waiting for a state law, local church officials say.
"We have committed to reporting current cases," said Danielle Cummings, communications director for the seven-county Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse. "In a case that is beyond the statute of limitations, the bishop encourages the person to report it. The bishop is not veering from the words of the June charter."
In June, ...