There were horrific crimes committed by Father Robert McWilliams while he served Catholic churches in the Cleveland Diocese. Church leaders told us the predator priest was “thoroughly vetted” before they put him on the altar, but he was just “a master of deception,” and no red flags were missed.
That outraged child victims’ advocates. “They don’t roll up their sleeves and do the hard work,” said Claudia Vercellotti from the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP). “And the hard work is standing up there and saying we screwed up, and now we got to fix it.”
In this report, you’ll read how confessionals, technology, and even victims’ homes were used in a twisted, dark path of crime. Plus, there’s new information from the lead investigator talking exclusively with News 5.
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