O'Malley introduces whistleblower system for complaints against Boston bishops

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Boston, Mass., Mar 11, 2019 / 03:30 pm ([CNA](https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/)).- The Archdiocese of Boston has announced it will implement a third-party system for reporting allegations of abuse or misconduct against bishops in the diocese.
Boston is the second archdiocese to announce such a system, after a proposed national reporting system for allegations against bishops was scuttled during a November 2018 meeting of the U.S. bishops’ conference.

“I have decided to implement EthicsPoint, a confidential, anonymous and third-party system, exclusively for the reporting of misconduct by a Cardinal, Bishop or Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston,” Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston announced in a March 8 letter.
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While I think this is a step in the right direction, I am not so sure about “anonymous” reporting.
Don’t we have a right to know who is accusing us of something?
Isn’t a person “presumed” innocent until proven guilty, beyond a reasonable doubt?
Do not these things also apply to those in the Church?

I understand that we need to protect children and vulnerable adults, but we cannot do it at the expense of the law and in doing so ruin the name of clerics who may have been falsely accused.
 
What if some parishioner has a malevolent grudge against their Bishop? I can just see how this type of system could be abused.
 
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So the third party system just reports to the diocesan review board (which appears to be appointed by the Cardinal Archbishop, for what it’s worth), which is then charged to report immediately to the police. Maybe I’m missing something, but I’m not really seeing the purpose of the two middle men–why not just make the report directly to the police? I guess it might be helpful for misconduct that is not a civil crime, but the article doesn’t really address that.
 
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I thought so too…
It must be an alternative , Genesis. One may choose direct reporting to the police. Or eventually have to depending on State laws and the sort of witnessing, which I personally ignore .
There must be a longer explanation as usual . People from his diocese will find out if necessary, I guess.
It is a very important issue so they must have thought it out well
 
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