Diocese of San Diego Judge Orders Documents Detailing Sexual Abuse Unsealed

Online, October 25, 2010 (Newswire.com) - A retired San Diego Superior Court judge ruled late Friday that 10,000 pages of internal records detailing the sexual abuse case against the Diocese of San Diego will be made public. What makes this ruling unprecedented is it will reveal the personal files of 48 priests who were either credibly accused or convicted of raping a child.

A spokesperson for the Preacher Bureau of Investigations (www.PimpPreacher.com ) says "This ruling was essential to pastoral accountability and closure for the victims.

For years the Catholic Church has vigorously fought the protect the reputations and safety of their priests who were accused of raping children, however this latest ruling while remove the veil that has protected pedophile priests."

The Preacher Bureau of Investigations says they has located Gustavo Benson who was mention in one of the complaints. Gustavo Benson is still in active ministry in the Diocese of Ensenada in Mexico, DeMarco. Their website www.PimpPreacher.com has a direct link to the ministry where Gustavo Benson is located.

As reported By Gillian Flaccus of the Associated Press

"Attorneys for nearly 150 people who claim sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests released thousands of pages of previously sealed internal church documents Sunday that detail complaints against the clerics and include medical records and correspondence between priests and their superiors.

A retired San Diego Superior Court judge ruled late Friday that roughly 10,000 pages of internal records could be made public after a yearslong legal battle with the Diocese of San Diego. The records are from the personnel files of 48 priests who were either credibly accused or convicted of sexual abuse or were named in a civil lawsuit.

The 144 plaintiffs settled with the diocese in 2007 for nearly $200 million, but the agreement stipulated that an independent judge would review the priests' sealed personnel records and determine what could be made public.

Attorneys for the plaintiffs said Sunday the files show how much the diocese knew about abusive priests, starting decades before any allegations became public, and that some church leaders shuffled priests from parish to parish or overseas despite credible complaints against them."

The practice of relocating pedophile priests in an attempt to avoid persecution has ignited a fire storm of criticism targeted at Pope Benedict for what many believe was a well orchestrated system designed by the Pope himself. As Prefect of this division of the Vatican, it was his sole responsibility to discipline Priests accused of raping children.
According to the Associated Press

"The papers 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 up to six children a year over a span of about 25 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."

With this latest ruling many advocates against the practices of the Catholic Church in handling pedophile priests are hoping that forced transparency will cause the Church to repent and sin no more.