11. Vivian Vago, an organist at a church in Manchester, said at the session on Monday that she was worried about falsely accusing a priest. 12. A ministry offcial said the priest had been accused by the government of protecting the rival ethnic group. 13. Archdiocese officials have refused to disclose how many priests were accused. 14. Hatendi accused white priests of plotting to remove him and said there was a racist campaign against him and other black clerics in wealthy white-dominated parishes. 15. He said that after each news report about allegations against particular priests, new clients have come forward accusing those priests of abuse. 16. Investigators say they have no evidence connecting the shootings to the sex abuse scandal in which Catholic priests have been accused of molesting children. 17. Investigators said they have no evidence connecting the shootings to the sex scandal in which Catholic priests have been accused of molesting youngsters. 18. Nineteen other priests were eventually accused of abuse, and the diocese negotiated costly out-of-court settlements with victims. 19. The government accused the priests of violating a Mexican law forbidding politics by religious officials. 20. The priest was accused of abusing boys for several decades. |