A Catholic priest told a church official that he was attracted to teenagers. They Told Him Not to ‘Care About It’ | app

BALTIMORE — In the 1980s, Father Brian Cox told a Catholic church official he had a problem — he was attracted to teenagers.

The official, according to court documents, pushed him away, telling the Westminster priest not to “worry about it”. Cox, in a taped conversation with one of his victims, said a bishop once told him he was a priest and that priests didn’t need help.

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