Salesian Society Defends Transfer of Priest.Business Editors & Legal Writers NEWARK Newark, cities, United States Newark. 1 City (1990 pop. 37,861), Alameda co., W Calif., on the east side of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1955. , N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 2002 Seth Taube of McCarter and English LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , attorneys for the Salesian Society of Don Bosco, Eastern Province, stated today: Allegations have been made that the Province removed Father Carlos Peralta from Chicago in 1999 to prevent his prosecution after accusations of sexual misconduct sexual misconduct Professional ethics Any behavior that violates a health professional's ethics through sexual contact of physician and his/her Pt. See Professional boundaries. with minors were made against him. I believe the clear evidence will show as follows: First, that the Province had no knowledge of any prior misconduct MISCONDUCT. Unlawful behaviour by a person entrusted in any degree: with the administration of justice, by which the rights of the parties and the justice of the, case may have been affected. 2. by Father Carlos at the time he was placed in Chicago. Upon learning of accusations of misconduct in Chicago, Father Carlos was promptly removed from the Parish, pursuant to the Province's policy, to remove him from unsupervised access to children. The Province does not have facilities in Illinois Illinois, river, United States Illinois, river, 273 mi (439 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Des Plaines and Kankakee rivers, NE Ill., and flowing SW to the Mississippi at Grafton, Ill. It is an important commercial and recreational waterway. without youth activities. Father Carlos was then placed in a New Jersey Province facility for approximately one year with no unsupervised access to children, during which time the police did not request the Province to make him available. At the end of his term with the Province, Father Carlos was returned to the control of his home Province with the continuing understanding he should have no unsupervised access to children. |
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