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Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall

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"The Gang of Five" 

Pictures and bios of the once influential group of Canadian bishops who identified themselves as the Gang of Five

Defending the indefensible  

Connections?

Connecting some possibly influntial dots in and out of Cornwall with the Gang of Five  

Sex Crimes and the Vatican 

(40 minute BBC documentary on world-wide Church cover-up of clerical sexual abuse. This is an external link)  

Church "Experts"

utilised by the Bishop Durocher and the Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall and/or the inquiry commission during the Cornwall Public Inquiry 

• Father Frank Morrissey   

•   Father Thomas P. Doyle

·        Father John Loftus SJ (supposed to take the stand to give "contextual" evidence and selected to sit on Justice Glaude's ‘impartial’ Advisory Panel) 

Bishops of and from the Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall 

Bios and pictures (Scroll down for pictures). 

Click on links below for short bios on the bishops of or those who hailed from the Alexandria/Alexandria-Cornwall diocese (from 1941 only).

The sexual abuse which has plagued the diocese transpired while these men  were serving in the diocese as priests or under their watch as bishops.    

The information was obtained from various sources and is far from exhaustive.    

Rosario Brodeur  (1941- 1966) 

William Smith (Ordained for the Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall. Bishop of Pembroke, Ontario 1945-1971) 

Jacques Landriault (auxiliary Bishop Diocese of Alexandria 1962-1964)  

Joseph Aurele Plourde (Auxiliary Bishop Diocese of Alexandria 1964-1966. After he was installed as Archbishop of Ottawa and due to Bishop Brodeur’s poor health he continued to administer the diocese until June 1967 when Brodeur’s successor Adolphe Proulx was installed)   

 Adolphe Proulx (1967-1974)    

Eugene Larocque (1974-2002)   

Paul Andre Durocher (2002-   )   

Luc Bouchard (ordained for the Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall. Bishop of St. Paul Alberta 2001 -      ) 

Pictures

Roman Catholic Church Documents and Media

30 March 2010:  Articles re Vatican and clerical sex abuse scandal  

30 March 2010:  Articles re sex abuse scandal in Germany 

29 March 2010:  Friends leap to defence of  priest 1970s sex abuse ;It's just not true.'

29 March 2010: Latest news re clerical sex abuse scandal in Ireland

28 March 2010:  Further calls to blacklist paedophile priests

29 March 2010:  “Opus Dei Bishop Harbors Pederasty Cult of the Society of St. John”

27 March 2010: Articles re sex abuse at schools for deaf

26 March 2010: Legionaries apologixe for Maciel's 'reprehensible' behaviour

26 March 2010: Catholic Church leader admits he knew 

26 March 2010:  Articles re pending extradition of Irish priest Father Francis Markey from U.S. on allegations of child sex abuse 

26 March 2010: Legionaries apologise for Maciel's 'reprehensible' behaviour

26 March 2010:  Vatican attacks media on 'Pope role' in sex abuse cases: Victim Arthur Budzinski says Vatican members knew about the scandal and other related articles

20 March 2010: Vatican failed to heed sex abuse lessons from Canada: Reports on sex abuse in Canadian Catholic church insisted that all allegations be dealt with openly

19 March 2010:  Bishop says 'no obligation' to report sexual abuse  and other related articles

19 March 2010:  Abuse scandal edges closer to Pope Benedict and other related articles

18 March 2001: Brazilian priest allegedly taped having sex with teen and other related articles

18 March 2010: View of Monsignor Dooley rejected and other related articles

18 March 2010: Vienna Boys' Choir Caught Up in Sex Abuse Scandal  

18 March 2010:  The growing scandal about child abuse reaches the top of the Vatican and  other related articles

18 March 2010: Cardinal Brady must go and other related articles

 17 March 2010: Priest charged with sexual abuse faints in court as new allegations arise and other related articles

17 March 2010: "Abuse hotline at German Catholic Church" & "German priest who abused children in Pope;s diocese suspended"

16 March 2010: Priest close to Pope suspended for child abuse

16 March 2010: Vatican completes probe of Legionaries scandal

12 November 2009: Catholic priest will be first to marry same-sex partner

Roman Catholic Church teaching on homosexuality 

Crimen Sollicititationis (the Vatican's 1962 instruction on dealing with "the crime of solicitation.")  

   Germain Grisez Ph.D.: Submission on the problem of clerical sexual abuse to Ad Hoc Committee on Sexual Abuse, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2002

23 February 1997: Head of Worldwide Catholic Order Accused of History of Abuse (Father Marcial Maciel Degollado - Legionaries of Christ)

12 June 2008:  Baltimore archbishop demands greater accountability from Legionaries of Christ: O’Brien says he will ban the Legionaries if they fail to comply

Media Coverage of Interest  

16 April 2008: Sex-abuse scandal 'very badly handled': Pope    

16 April 2008:  Pope addresses American bishops on abuse scandal, challenges facing the Church

16 April 2008:  Pope 'deeply ashamed' of church sex scandal: Vowing to work to keep pedophiles out of the clergy, Benedict breaks with his predecessor and strongly condemns priestly child abuse  

16 April 2008: Pope, in U.S., Is ‘Ashamed’ of Pedophile Priests     

15 April 2008:  Pope vows to bar pedophiles becoming priests

15 April 2008:  Victims: Pope Benedict Protects Accused Pedophile Bishops: Victims Say Pontiff Has Protected Bishop O'Connell, Cardinal Mahoney and 17 Others

08 April 2008: Vatican: Pope Will Address Abuse Crisis

 31 January 2008: Get the facts please: bishop

13 December 2007: Reference to false allegation not fair

17 October 2007: Durocher in line to become CCCB president

16 October 2007: Bishops hopeful of the future 

15 October 2007: Bishops meet (CCCB) 

18 July 2007: A cardinal's shameless struggle for survival (Cardinal Mahony, Archdiocese of Los Angeles)

17 July 2007: Sex abuse 'not just church problem' (Vatican spokesman)

17 July 2007: Los Angeles archdiocese's multi-mill sex abuse settllement 

24 June 2007: Critics Press Italy, Church on Clergy Abuse

Link to external audio report on above story of protest by Italian victims of clerical sexual abuse

17 February 2007: Diocese will seek more money; Sifting through documents is taking its toll on some parties

08 February 2007: Local diocese hosting Journey to the Father again 

08 December 2006: Employee has no right to privacy, inquiry told
Publication ban would turn tradition 'on its head', inquiry into sex abuse hears

18 October 2006 (Freeholder): Diocese announces first priest from diocese jailed

17 October 2006 (Freeholder): CCCB ducks

17 October 2006 (Cornwall Standard Freeholder): Lawfirm wants Catholic bishops to create registry

24 August 2001 (Toronto Star): Monsignor Donald McDougald, Vicar General for the Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall, says those who continue to accuse prominent Cornwall residents of child sexual abuse will soon suffer the consequences.

13 July 2000 (Cornwall Standard Freeholder Editorial): Editorial re Bishop Larocque's Letter to the Ed.

13 July 2000 (Cornwall Standard Freeholder): Bishop Larocque Letter to the Editor saying his decision to payoff the victim was based on legal advice.

17 October 2006 (Ottawa Citizen): Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops says up to Rome to defrock offending priests and no need for registry of offending priests