Not Every Priest Accused of Abuse is Guilty (See Louisiana Today)

There seems to a ill fated logic that we should get rid of all Statute of Limitations to these allegations. The problem is with that is that it put an unfair burden on the defendant to prove his innocence in many cases. Cases like the ones below don't get reported much but they occur all the time.

From WWL

81-year-old priest cleared of molestation allegations in Marrero
Associated Press Reporting

A Catholic priest accused of molesting four boys decades ago at a church-run shelter in Marrero has cleared his name.Attorneys for the accusers earlier this month filed an acknowledgment in court that Monsignor Ray Hebert did not molest their clients when they were children at Madonna Manor, a Catholic institution Hebert supervised for a time as head of Catholic Charities.The admission comes four years after Hebert, now 81, sued them for defamation.Harold Dearie II, a Metairie lawyer who took Hebert's case, said he was convinced the priest was the victim of mistaken identity.