SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A Chicago bishop who once blamed the devil for sexual abuse lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Church and proposed shielding the church from legal damages has been named to lead an Illinois diocese.
Thomas Paprocki, an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Chicago, was announced Tuesday as the church's ninth bishop of Springfield.
The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests said it was disappointed with Paprocki's promotion.
"It says to us that the Vatican is more interested in doctrinal purity than child safety — or at least that child safety isn't the No. 1 priority," said David Clohessy, SNAP's executive director.
Paprocki, 57, said three years ago that the principal force behind the waves of abuse lawsuits was "none other than the devil."
He said the cost of litigation was making it more difficult for the church to perform charitable works. An attorney himself, Paprocki proposed that the courts revive an old policy of shielding nonprofit organizations from lawsuits over negligence and abuse.
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They really are blind to the true causes of these atrocities, and are unprepared to deal with these criminal acts internally. Their demon haunted world doesn't allow them to see the larger consequences of their actions in a world without god, or infinite punishment.
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