‘What happened to Kavanagh?’
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For years, I have been constantly asked about “Charlie’s case” or about “What happened to Kavanagh?”
Monsignor Charles Kavanagh was the highest profile New York priest to be removed from ministry because of an allegation of sexual abuse against a minor. He was vicar of development for the Archdiocese of New York, pastor of a large Bronx parish and generally one of the best-known priests in New York.
That’s him with a couple of New York senators at Cardinal Egan’s installation in 2000 (Hillary would be elected a few months later).
His case is complicated, so I won’t rehash it here. But you can catch up with this article I did in today’s Journal News/LoHud about movement in his case.
Kavanagh was removed from ministry by Cardinal Egan in 2002 and his case more or less stalled until the Vatican ordered a church trial, which will held two years ago.
These things do not move quickly.
Today’s article has also provoked several people to call and email me about what has happened to Father Patrick Dunne, the former pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows in White Plains who was charged with stealing more than $300,000 from the church.
As my colleague Rebecca Baker reports (several posts down on her blog), Dunne yesterday rejected a plea deal and is due back in White Plains City Court on Dec. 12.
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