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New Leipzig, ND

Mar 28, 2008

Former North Dakota priest defrocked

A Roman Catholic priest who spent time at several churches in North Dakota has been defrocked for molesting boys, church officials said.

James Pommier, 82, was removed from the priesthood late last year by the Vatican, citing 'ecclesiastical crimes against youth,' said Joel Melarvie, a Bismarck Diocese spokesman.

The announcement was placed in a recent edition of 'Dakota Catholic Action,' a monthly magazine published by the diocese, Melarvie said.

Pommier began his priesthood in Dickinson, N.D., in 1954. He also spent time at parishes in Mott, New Leipzig, Max, Fallon, Scranton, Carson, Grenora, Bismarck and Minot, Melarvie said. Read more

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numben
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Mar 31, 2008
 
I guess it's safe to generalize now, about the Catholic church and their particular habit of molesting young boys.
Victor
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Apr 1, 2008
 
As the apologists and the vatican would say, "oh dear, the media is persecuting us again, it's not so bad as all that, it happens in other churches too!"

As I have stated many times before, this is still being exposed which means that the numbers of incidents change daily. It has not been eradicated and the bishops in some dioceses are still covering up. The vatican cannot control their bishops?
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