Priest worked in school after sex abuse allegations

Priest worked in school after sex abuse allegations Vatican in new abuse storm over priest in India by Mira Oberman Apr 5, 2010 CHICAGO (AFP)

A priest accused of sexually molesting two girls in the United States spent years working for Roman Catholic schools in India despite entreaties from a US bishop that he answer for his crimes, court documents showed....But despite numerous entreaties, and efforts by a Minnesota prosecutor to have him extradited on charges of child rape, Jeyapaul remained in his position as a secretary of the Diocese of Ootacamund's Education Commission, court records showed. "The only ones who knew about him being a rapist, were the bishop, the Vatican and that's it," said Jeff Anderson, a Minnesota lawyer who represents Jeyapaul's victim.

"They kept it a secret because they were concerned about the protection of their reputation and not about the children who are at grave peril," Anderson told AFP. "And as long as they keep secrets, they are complicit in these crimes."...."They did in this case what they always do which is nothing but impose secrecy and in this case allowed Jayapaul to not only continue in ministry but to supervise kids," said Anderson, who has filed scores of claims on behalf of victims of child sex abuse by priests. "What we hope to accomplish is first that any priest and/or bishop that has raped kids or a bishop that has been complicit in it be put in jail and defrocked," he said.

His further aim is to ensure that the Roman Catholic church be forced to publicly release its secret files on internal investigations into allegations of sexual abuse so that children can be protected from repeat offenders. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100406/ts_alt_afp/vaticanreligionchildabuseusindia_20100406013951