Susan Gibbs
Susan Gibbs
literally longer men priest seriously
These men literally are responsible for people's souls, so we take it very seriously if a priest indicates he can no longer function.
asked community declined die ensure return returns several
He's asked several times to return to Washington. ... He'd like to die here. And we have declined because we want to ensure that he never returns to this community where he harmed children.
domino happened largest number priests recent retired senior shift
We happened to have a number of senior priests who retired . . . and that essentially had a domino effect. It was the largest shift of priests we've had in recent years.
best feels individual needs reach respond
We've done our best to try to reach out to any person who comes forward, to respond to his or her individual needs and also to respond to the parish. There will always be someone who feels we could have done something differently.