Search Warrant Executed at Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
Style Magazine Newswire | 11/30/2018, 4:07 p.m.
Prosecutors investigating a sexual abuse case against a Conroe priest searched the offices Wednesday of the local archdiocese, which is led by the cardinal who is heading the Roman Catholic Church's response in the U.S. to sexual misconduct. The intensifying investigation has raised questions about how Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston and his staff dealt with complaints against Manuel La Rosa-Lopez, who is accused by at least two people of fondling them two decades ago when they were teenagers. DiNardo is also head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, leading the American response to the ongoing clergy abuse crisis. He was on site in downtown Houston during the search warrant execution. The 15 Catholic dioceses in Texas have agreed to release the names of clergy accused of sexually abusing a minor from 1950 until present. All dioceses are expected to release the names by Jan. 31, 2019.
