Detroit Cover-Up

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Bishop Walter Hurley, who is known for covering up sex abuse, is being named to temporarily run the diocese of Saginaw, Michigan.

Hurley follows the late Bp. Joseph Cistone, who was also known for protecting predator priests. Investigative reporter Jay McNally, who worked for the Detroit archdiocese in the 1990s, was on The Download Friday to discuss Hurley's past role in protecting such well-known predator priests as Fr. Gerald Shirilla.

"If you ever wondered how and why the Catholic Church kept known pedophile priests in action even after victims complained that these priests sodomized them dozens of times annually for years," said McNally, "let me introduce you to Bishop Walter Hurley, one of the most disgusting men I had the misfortune of ever meeting."

While many news outlets are reporting on Hurley's new appointment to Saginaw, Church Militant is the only one exposing Hurley as a protector of the notorious sexual predator, Shirilla. Church Militant has spoken with Shirilla's victims, and Hurley was among Detroit's inner diocesan circle who enabled Shirilla to abuse the youth and seminarians for nearly 40 years.

Watch the panel and McNally discuss Bp. Hurley's scandalous past in The Download—Detroit Cover-Up.

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