IN
IN 2003.
IN 2003. HE BEGAN THE PROCESS OF
BECOMING A CITIZEN IN 2007 BUT
NEVER FINISHED.
NEVER FINISHED. >>> A FEW HOURS AGO POLICE
CARRIED OUT DOZENS OF BOXES IN
THE FIRST EVER RAID OF THE
CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF DALLAS.
+@
+@ FIVE
+@ FIVE PRIESTS ARE UNDER
INVESTIGATION FOR CHILD SEX
ABUSE.
ABUSE.
ABUSE. THIS MORNING OFFICER SHOWED UP
AT THREE LOCATIONS LOIGFOR
EVIDENCE, SAINT CECILIA'S CHURCH
AND THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE +@
DALLAS DIOCESE.
DALLAS DIOCESE. JASON WHITELY IS HERE WITH US.
WHY DID THEY NEED A SEARCH
WARRANT?
WARRANT?
WARRANT? >> Reporter: THERE'S A SIMPLE
ANSWER.
ANSWER.
ANSWER. DALLAS POLICE SAY TH ICS
WAS NOT FULLY COOPERATN.
IT WITHHELD SOME FILES AND THAT
FORCED DETECTIVES TO GET A
SEARCH WARRANT, GO TO THE
CATHOLIC DIOCESE AND THE CHURCH
AND LOOK FOR EVIDENCETHERE
THEMSELVES.
THEMSELVES. WHAT HAPEE ENSAG
JUST BE THE BEGINNING.
SOURCES TELL US DALLA+@S POLICE
METHODICALLY SEARCHED OFFICE BY
OFFICE OF THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE
OF DALLAS SHUTTING IT DOWN ALL
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. >>
DAY. >> WE ARE LOOKING FOR ANY
DOCUMENTATION AND DATA THAT
+@
+@ WOULD
+@ WOULD TEN+@D TO FURTHER THE
INVE+@STIGATION INTO THESE
ALLEGATIONS OF CHILD ABUSE.
>> Reporter: A SEARCH WARRANT
REVEALS TWO MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS.
POLICE HAVE OPENED FELONY
INVESTIGATIONS INTO THESE FIVE
PRIESTS ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY
ASSAULTING CHILDREN.
ASSAULTING CHILDREN. THE OTHER SIGNIFICANT HEADLINE,
DALLAS POLICE SAYING THE DIOCESE
IS NOT FULLY COOPERATING.
THAT IS SOMETHING BISHOP EDWARD
BURNS TOOK EXCEPTION TO.
>> GO AHEAD, SEARCH.
IF YOU THINK THERE IS SOMETHING
MORE, THAN LOOK.
IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IT
CLOSER, THEN TAKE IT.
>> Reporter: POLICE SAY A
WANTED THE NAMES OF EVERY
PRIEST WITH A SEX ABUSE
ALLEGA+@TION, NOT JUST THE 31 T
DIOCESE REVEALED IN JANUARY.
IN THE SEARCH WARRANT TODAY
INVESTIGATORS WROTE THE DALLAS
POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT BEEN
GIVEN EVEN THE NUMBER OF PRIEST
FILES FLAGGED FOR SEXUAL ABUSE.
WHY NOT?
WHY NOT?
WHY NOT? POLICE SAY THE DIOCESE TOLD
THEM THAT INFORMATION WAS
PRIVILEGED.
PRIVILEGED. >> THE SEARCH WARRANT POINTS
OUT IN STATES EXPLICIT+@LY THAT
IT WOULD LIKE TO SEE EVERY
SINGLE PRIEST THAT HAS EVER
BEEN FLAGGED, NOT JUST THE 31,
BUT EVERYBODY ELSE.
WILL THE DIOCESE RELEASE THAT
INFORMATION?
INFORMATION? >> WE WILL COOPERATE WITH THE
POLICE DEP+@ARTMENT.
POLICE DEP+@ARTMENT. >> Reporter: WHY HASN'T IT
HAPPENED ALREADY?
HAPPENED ALREADY? >> BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE IS
ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> IT IS DIST+@URBING AND
DISAPPOINTING BUT IT IS NOT
SURPRISING.
SURPRISING. >> Reporter: POLICE INTERVIEWED
LACEY AFTER OUR STORY IN
JANUARY ABOUT THIS CLIENT OF
HERS WHO SAID FATHER TIMOTHY
HINES GROOMED HIM FOR YEARS AS
A TEENAGER AND TOOK ADVANTAGE
OF HIM AS A YOUNG ADULT.
>> WHEN MY CLIENT CAME FORWARD
IN 2015, HE WAS +@INFORMED THAT
HIS REPORT OF SEXUAL ABUSE +@
WOULDN'T EVER BE FORWARDED TO
THE REVIEW BOARD.
>> Reporter: THAT REVIEW BOARD
IS SUPPOSED TO ALERT THE CHURCH
AMONG OTHER THINGS TO PROBLEM
PRIEST.
PRIEST.
PRIEST. SOMETHING THE DIOCESE SAYS IS
WORKING.
WORKING.
WORKING. AS POLICE START LOOKING FOR
PROOF.
PROOF.
PROOF. TONIGHT THE DIOCESE IS
DEFENDING ITS REVIEW BOARD
SAYING IT INCLUDES TWO LO+@CAL
POLICE CHIEFS, A CLINICAL
PSYCHOLOGIST AND FORMER FEDERAL
INVESTIGATORS, PEOPLE WHO WOULD
KNOW WHAT MAKES IT A CREDIBLE
ALLEGATION OF SEXUAL SOLD.
THERE IS A SEPARATE SIX-MEMBER
INVESTIGATIVE TEAM THAT THE
BISHOP HIRED LAST YEAR TO LOOK
THROUGH ALL KINDS OF ISSUES
THAT THE CHURCH, NOT JUST
FINANCIAL PROBLEMS AS DALLAS
POLICE THOUGHT.
POLICE THOUGHT. WHEN+@ POLICE OFFICERS ASKED TH
DIOCESE TO IDENTIFY MEMBERS OF
BOTH OF THOSE GROUPS, THE
DIOCESE REFUSED.
DIOCESE REFUSED. YOU SHOULD EXPECT A LOT MORE TO
COME ON THIS.
>> JASON, AGAIN HERE ARE THE
FIVE MEN NAMED IN THAT WARRANT.
A FORMER PRIEST AT SAINT
CECILIA IS +@THE ONLY ONE
CHARGED.
CHARGED.
CHARGED. THERE IS ALSO ALEJANDRO, JEREMY
MYERS,+@ RICHARD BROWN, AND
WILLIAM HUGHES.
WILLIAM HUGHES. TODAY'S RAID COMES AS THE
CHURCH WRE+@STLES WITH A FRESH
WAVE OF SCANDALS.
IN JANUARY EVERY CATHOLIC
DIOCESE IN TEXAS RELEASED THE
NAMES OF PRIESTS ACCUSED OF
SEXUALLY ABUSING CHILDREN.
IT IS A SCANDAL THAT ROCKED THE
8.5 MILLION CATHOLICS IN OUR