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2006 | Parish Predators

In Holley Case by PhilSaviano

AUGUST 2006 | HOUSTON CHRONICLE – In 1997, The Dallas Morning News published a series of letters among Fiorenza and other bishops suggesting that Fiorenza was aware of Holley’s actions — but willing to overlook them or, at the very least, showing no interest in finding out more about them to minimize risks.
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1997 | Path of a Pedophile Priest

In Holley Case by PhilSaviano

Top Catholic officials knowingly allowed the Rev. David A. Holley to work in more than a dozen parishes or hospitals in Massachusetts, New Mexico, Texas and Colorado, according to church documents reviewed by The Dallas Morning News. Here are excerpts from their correspondence about and with Father Holley, who is now in prison.
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1993 | NEWSWEEK: Priests and Abuse

In Holley Case by PhilSaviano

1993 | NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE – It may be the sweetest scene in the Gospels. As parents brought their babies to Jesus for a blessing, his disciples–history’s first overprotective advance men-turned the families away. Quickly, Jesus put a stop to that. “Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not,” he says, according to Luke. “For of such is the kingdom of God.”
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2004 | Priest To Go Before Parole Board

In Holley Case by PhilSaviano

The Associated Press
LOS LUNAS — A former Roman Catholic priest convicted of molesting eight boys was scheduled to go before the New Mexico Parole Board Tuesday. David Holley admitted to molesting the boys in Alamogordo in the early 1970s and pleaded guilty in 1993 to eight counts of molestation.
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