Survivors Group Says Ohio Diocese Ignored Reports About Child Sex Abuse Suspect

Victims of the Catholic church sex abuse scandal are criticizing the Diocese of Steubenville for its handling of a now former central Ohio seminarian charged with trying to adopt a child for sex. The group Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests says church leaders somehow overlooked a report that Joel Wright wanted to pay parents to babysit their children.  Wright, a former student at the Pontifical College Josephinum, was recently arrested by federal agents. The diocese has declined comment.

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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.