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Members of Concerned Catholics of Cincinnati, Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) and Cincinnati Voice of the Faithful wrote an op-ed in the Enquirer calling for an investigation into the Archdiocese of Cincinnati for its handling of Fr. Drew's case. They claim there were complaints about Drew spanning 30 years.
WVXU reached out to the Archdiocese of Cincinnati for comment. Here is the full response:
In response to your media inquiry, I offer the following that was sent to The Enquirer in response to their publication of 'Opinion: Archdiocese must be held accountable for priest abuse':
'The Archdiocese of Cincinnati is disappointed with the publication of an op-ed with erroneous facts in the article, "Opinion: Archdiocese must be held accountable for priest abuse" in the Dec. 6 edition of The Cincinnati Enquirer. Based upon the Enquirer's own investigations over the years and reporting on this story for the last 16 months, it is clear that some of the "facts" cited in the op-ed are not true. We are greatly disappointed that this op-ed was run with inaccurate information.