"...Tell that to the women who have gone to rectories the world over looking for support for the children they have had by priests. Like Rita Milla, whose case I investigated for Ms. and wrote about in my book, Good Catholic Girls. She was molested in a confessional at the age of 16, then pimped out by that priest to other priests in the LA Archdiocese who took her to a hotel they rented by the hour.
When she got pregnant and refused the priest’s urging her to have an abortion, he sent her to the Philippines to deliver, where she nearly died. When Rita came back to LA, penniless and with an infant daughter, she told her story to Bishop John Ward. He didn’t get back to her for four months, then told her that the priest she suspected was the father was merely a guest in the LA Archdiocese and not under his jurisdiction. When I called Ward he said to me: “I referred her to the proper authorities and that was the end of it. I had nothing more to do with her.” Click..."
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