'I will never understand how anyone could be so hateful to destroy the ministry of any cleric,' former Knoxville Bishop Richard Stika texted a whistleblower related to an abuse lawsuit, reports Tyler Whetstone. Advocates say it's witness intimidation. knoxnews.com/story/news/loc…
Tyler Whetstone Small wonder that there are problems with the reputation of the Catholic Church when this creep was a representative!
Keep up the excellent journalism and exposing them Tyler!
Brian Manix Tyler Whetstone So sorry you had your endure the abuse. These people destroy young people’s lives with no remorse.
Bishop Stika is still at it in Knoxville.
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Going after priests as he went after me.
Tyler Whetstone do you know of Stika's harassment of me on Facebook? How Stika told me to just move on? Because it/I was hurting my family?
New. A former Diocese of Knoxville priest has filed a complaint against a church attorney in the sexual abuse lawsuit.
“They try to dominate you and when they can’t dominate you, they try to humiliate you ... It tells other would-be whistleblowers to keep quiet.”
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Tyler Whetstone I know all about this, I am a survivor from Catholic clergy rape and abuse from 1977. We are in a bankruptcy case against the ArchdioceseofNOLA. The corruption is off the charts, and nobody will listen. Even the NOLA Saints organization is involved.
Tyler Whetstone You have once again demonstrated that you are an extraordinary reporter.
Tyler Whetstone Diocese of Knoxville Keep up the great work, Tyler! The sunlight of truth is the best disinfectant of corruption.
