Gerard Louis Frey (Q1490874)

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Gerard Louis Frey
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    The suit claims Gauthe should have been removed from his post by church officials after they first heard reports of the molestations.In a sworn statement after the suit was filed in 1984, Frey said he had heard allegations against Gauthe 10 years earlier but had allowed him to remain a pastor after he promised to reform. (English)
    He watched as Lafayette Bishop Gerard Frey, then 71, failed to repair the scandal. "There was no playbook at that time. Nobody knew how to do it," Doyle said.Frey had offered prayers, policies and promises, but he couldn't undo his failure years earlier to act on the complaints about Gauthe. A local newspaper called for his resignation. In an interview, Frey said Gauthe had tricked him into thinking he was cured.Frey wouldn't directly admit that he had been wrong to keep Gauthe in ministry. "Unfortunately, circumstances have proven that my subjective evaluation was in error," he said. (English)

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