CATHOLIC
CATHOLIC THEY ALL CEASE DIOCESE AS THEY INVESTIGATE NEW CLAIMS
AGAINST PRIESTS.
AGAINST PRIESTS. THIS MORNING, POLICE CARS
BLOCKED THE ENTRANCE OF THE
DIOCESE.
DIOCESE.
DIOCESE. AL+@SO AT SAINT CECELIA IN OAK
CLIFF AND AT A STORAGE FACILITY
. WE HAVE A HAD CREWS AT THE
+@
. WE HAVE A HAD CREWS AT THE LOCATIONS ALL DAY LONG BUT WE
BEGIN COVERAGE WITH REBECCA
LOCATED IN DALLAS.
POLICE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY
OTHER CHOICE BUT TO GET THE
SEARCH WARRANT GOING?
>> Reporter: THE +@DALLAS POLIC
DEPARTMENT FELT THE DALLAS
CATHOLIC DIOCESE WAS NOT GIVING
THEM THE INFORMATION THEY +@WER
LOOKING FOR TO FURTHER
INVESTIGATE SEX ABUSE BY
PRIESTS ON CHILDREN.
TODAY, THEY WENT IN AND GOT
WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR.
DALLAS POLICE WITH THE
ASSISTAN+@CE OF THE FBI RAIDED
THE OFFICES OF THE CATHOLIC
DIOCESE, SAINT CECILIA CATHOLIC
CHURCH AND A WAREHOUSE. THEY+@
CARTED OFF BOXES OF EVIDENCE IN
ONE LOCATION.
ONE LOCATION. THEY BELIEVE THERE WERE 700
BOXES OF DOCUMENTS.
>> WE ARE LOOKING FOR
DOCUMENTATION, DATA +@THAT WOUL
TEND TO FURTHER THE
INVESTIGATION INTO THESE
ALLEGATIONS OF CHILD ABUSE.
>>
>>
>> >+@>
>> >+@> Reporter: IN SINCE AUGUST
+@
+@ 2018,
+@ 2018, DETECTIVES HAVE BEEN
LOOK+@ING INTO ALLEGATIONS THAT
PRIESTS MOLESTED CHILDREN.
THAT IS WHEN IT WAS REVEA+@LED
THAT ONE PRIESTS AND 4 OTHERS.
>> DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT IS
WORKING TO COM+@PLETE A THOROUG
INVESTIGATION INTO EACH
ALLEGATION INDEPENDE+@NT OF ANY
ALLEGATIONS.
ALLEGATIONS. +@>> THEY BELIEVE THERE WERE
SECRET FILES NOT GIVEN TO THE+@
PROTECTED BY THE CHURCH IS
CANON LAW.
CANON LAW. FOR E+@XAMPLE, IN THE CASE OF
PRIESTS, RICHARD THOMAS BROWN,
HE ADMITTED TO ABUSING AT LEAST
50 VICTIMS BUT POLICE DO NOT
+@
50 VICTIMS BUT POLICE DO NOT KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
IN THE CA+@SE OF WILLIAM JOS+@E
HUGHES, JR., POLICE BELIEVE
THERE WERE LOVE LETTER+@S THAT
WERE DESTROYED.
WERE DESTROYED. VICTIMS OF SURVIVORSF PRIEST
SEX ABUSE SAY TODAY WAS A BIG
DAY FOR THEM.
THIS VICTIM ASKED WE HIDE HIS +@
IDENTITY BECAUSE HE HAS YOUNG
CHILDREN .
CHILDREN . >> TODAY IS A GREAT +@DAY BECAU
IT VALIDATES WHAT I BELIEVE WE
ALL BELIEVE FOR SO LONG WHICH
IS THAT THERE ARE FAR MORE
+@
IS THAT THERE ARE FAR MORE BEING WITHHELD FROM US.
+@
BEING WITHHELD FROM US. >> +@Reporter: THE DIOCESE SAYS
THEY HAVE FULLY COORDINATED
COOPERATED WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
ENFORCEMENT. >> IF THEY WERE AS TRANSPARENT
AS THEY PORTRAYED THEMSELVES TO
BE, THE ACTIONS TODAY BY LAW
+@
BE, THE ACTIONS TODAY BY LAW ENFORCEMENT, DVD, FBI WOULD NOT
HAVE BEEN NECESSARY.
>> Reporter: DALLAS POLICE SAY
THEY WILL GET TO THE B+@OTTOM O
WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN THE
DIOCESE FOR PERHAPS DECADES AND
TODAY, THEY SAY IT IS A CLOSE
STEP CLOSER TO FINDING OUT THE
TRUTH.
TRUTH.
TRUTH. DOLLARS POLICE HAVE NOT
RETURNED THE SEARCH WARRANT SO
WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY FOUND
AND IT MAY TAKE TIME BEFORE WE
LEARN WHAT IT IS THAT TH+@EY
FOUND AND IF, IN FACT, THEY ARE
GOING TO +@MAKE ANY ARRESTS.
BACK TO YOU.
>> WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF
HOURS, WE ARE FROM THE MAN IN
CHARGE AT THE DIOCESE, BISHOP
-- ALEX BISHOP BURNS.
>>+@ Reporter: NOT ONLY HE WAS
SURPRISED BUT DOUBLE DOWN AND
SAID, "I DON'T KNOW +@IF ANY
OTHER ORGANIZATION OR
INSTITUTION HAS BEEN AS
TRANSPARENT AS WE HAVE.
" DESPITE THAT, SINCE EARLY
THIS MORNING, THE POLICE CARS
YOU SEE BEHIN+@D ME HAVE BEEN
EXECUTING POLICE WARRANTS AT 3
PROPERTIES.
PROPERTIES. >>+@ HAS GIVEN PARIS'S POLICE A
THE PERSONNEL FILES FOR ALL
THOSE NAMED IN THE WARRANT AND
HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN ONGOING
DISCUSSIONS WITH DALLAS POLICE
DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATORS AND
DETECTIVES.
DETECTIVES. >> Reporter: TODAY, THE DIOCESE
HAS NOT RECEIVED A SUBPOENA AND
THE DIOCESE IS INVOLVEMENT HAS
BEEN VOLUNTARY.
BEEN VOLUNTARY. >> Reporter: -- STATES
EXPLICITLY THAT WOULD LIKE TO
SEE EVERY SINGLE PRIEST THAT
HAS EVER BEEN FLAGGED, NOT JUST
SEE EVERY SINGLE PRIEST THAT HAS EVER BEEN FLAGGED, NOT JUST@
THE 31 BUT EVERYBODY ELSE WILL
THE DIOCESE RELEASE THAT
INFORMATION?
INFORMATION? >> WE ARE GOING TO COOPERATE
WITH POLICE.
WITH POLICE. >> Reporter: WHY HASN'T IT
ALREADY BEEN?
ALREADY BEEN? >> THANK YOU BECAUSE I KNOW
THAT THERE IS ONGOING
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DALLAS
POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE ARE
CONTINUING THESE CONVERSATIONS.
>> Reporter: AS YOU LOOK LIVE
AT THE DIO+@CESE HERE, THE BISH
+@
AT THE DIO+@CESE HERE, THE BISH SAID ALL WILL BE WELL BUT
TONIGHT, YOU SEE IT RIGHT
THERE, A POLICE CAR OUTSIDE HIS
HEADQUAR+@TERS.
HEADQUAR+@TERS. THIS JUST ONE OF 3 PROPERTIES
THEY HAVE BEEN EXECUTING SEARCH
WARRANTS IT.
WARRANTS IT. KEVIN REECE IS LIVE TONIGHT
FROM A STORAGE FACILITY IN
OAKLAND.
OAKLAND.
OAKLAND. KEVIN?
KEVIN?
KEVIN? >>
KEVIN? >> Reporter: THIS IS WEST
LEADBETTER ROAD IN FAR WEST OAK
CLIFF.
CLIFF.
CLIFF. THE BUSINESS YOU SEE BEHIND ME
IS A BUSINESS CALLED SAFE SITE
STORAGE.
STORAGE.
STORAGE. WE WERE HERE AT 10:00 THIS
MORNING WITH DALLAS POLICE A
COMPANY BY FEDERAL AGENTS LEFT
THE FACILITY WITH AT LEAST 1 +@
LARGE BOX OF FILES.
SAFE SITE STORAGE PROVIDES
SECURE CLIMATE CONTROL STORAGE
FOR RECORDS FOR MULTIPLE
CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESSES
INCLUDING, ACCORDING TO THE
SEARCH WARRANTS WE HAVE SEEN,
APPROXIMATELY 700 BOXES OF
RECORDS THAT BELONG TO THE
CATHOLIC DIOCESE.
CATHOLIC DIOCESE. RECORDS THAT ARE BELIEVED TO
CONTAIN SOMEO THE SECRET
ARCHIVES WE TALKED ABOUT.
RECORDS OF ACCUSED PRIESTS
OR+@GANIZED BY THE NAME OF THE
ALLEGED VICTIMS.
ALLEGED VICTIMS. MEANWHILE, WE REACHED T O
INDIVIDUAL PRIESTFTHEIR
INDIVIDUAL PRIESTFTHEIR +@ RESPONSE AND FAEHEL
OF SAITRITASA GREAT TO TALK
TO US, SPE+@AKING NOT FOR THE
CHURCH BEFORE HIMSELF+@,
DESCRIBED IT AS A CRISIS HE
HOPES WILL BE BROUGHT FULLY
INTO THE LIGHT.
>> YES, IT IS A CRISIS AND I
THINK IT IS GOOD TO HEAR THAT
BISHOPS ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT.
THE QUESTION IS, WHAT DECISIONS
DO WE MAKE GOING FORWARD TO
MAKE THE PLACE SAFER, +@TO MAKE
SURE THAT BAD AC+@TORS DON'T GE
HIDDEN, RIGHT AND WE WILL SEE.
MY HOPE IS, I THINK WE ARE
DOING THE RIGHT THING.
I TRUST WE ARE DOING THE RIGHT
THING.
THING.
THING. AT
THING. AT WE WILL SEE.
>> Reporter: NOW WE WAIT TO SEE
WHAT THE NEWEST FILES THAT WERE
RECOVERED HERE, WHA+@T MIGHT TH
DO REVEAL IN THIS
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. BACK TO YOU.
>>> TODAY'S RAIN COMES JUST 1
+@
>>> TODAY'S RAIN COMES JUST 1 WEEK AFTER POPE FRANCIS ISSUED
NEW RULES FOR HOW THE CHURCH
SHOU+@LD HANDLE SEX ABUSE.
NOW, ALL CATHOLIC PRIESTS AND
NONE BUT+@ CATHOLIC NUNS MUST
REPO+@RT SEXUAL ABUS+@E TO
AUTHORITIES.
AUTHORITIES. THAT ALSO PROTECTS
WHISTLEBLOWERS.
WHISTLEBLOWERS. IT IS A STEP+@ FORWARD BUT+@ NO
ENOUGH, BUT DOES NOT REQUIRE