Catholic Priest Sexual-Abuse Case: ; 'Your Silence in This Matter Is Deafening'; Support Group Slams W.Va. Bishop After Priest Is Arrested in Reported 91 Roane Assault

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Catholic Church officials in West Virginia should have informed their parishioners that a Cincinnati priest was accused of abusing a 10-year-old boy in Roane County, according to a support group for people abused by clergy.

However, church officials said West Virginia citizens did not need to be notified about the alleged abuse because the accused priest, the Rev. Robert F. Poandl, was never officially assigned to work in West Virginia.

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Catholic Priest Sexual-Abuse Case: ; 'Your Silence in This Matter Is Deafening'; Support Group Slams W.Va. Bishop After Priest Is Arrested in Reported 91 Roane Assault

Poandl, a priest of the Glenmary Home Missioners order, headquartered in Fairfield, Ohio, was indicted in January by a Roane County grand jury for allegedly sexually abusing a 10-ye...

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