After investigation, Catholic Diocese of Richmond finds allegations of sexual abuse by priest not credible
The Diocese of Richmond said a lengthy investigation into accusations of child sexual abuse against Fr. Thomas Long found that they were not credible. Author: 13News Now Staff Updated: 11:26 AM EST January 28, 2021
Thursday, the Catholic Diocese of Richmond announced that after an internal investigation, it didn t find the allegations of child sexual abuse against Fr. Thomas Long credible.
The allegations were announced in June, 2020.
Long was a teacher at Christ the King Catholic School in Norfolk in 1986 (when the alleged abuse happened), and took a leave of absence from ministry in 1988. He hasn t worked for the Richmond Diocese since then.
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Southside Medical Center officially becomes affiliated with Bon Secours, Catholic diocese
Along with becoming a faith-based facility, Southside Medical Center is also looking at new ways it can reach the community.
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PETERSBURG - Southside Medical Center has achieved the official designation as a Catholic hospital following a blessing from the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Richmond. This blessing marks the hospital’s full adjustment into Bon Secours Mercy Health, which acquired it last year.
As part of becoming a Catholic hospital, Southside Medical Center has reconfigured its chapel space to accommodate mass and added a tabernacle for the Sacrament of Holy Eucharist for distribution to sick patients. Crucifixes will also be installed in each patient rooms over the coming weeks.
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A look back at memorable moments in Richmond, Va., from 2020.
From pandemic to protests, from voting to vaccines and everything in between, 2020 in the Richmond area â and across the globe â has been a year like no other.
âUnprecedentedâ is a word thrown around when describing the past 12 months (or was it 12 years?), but to come up with one that better encapsulates what has happened across our region, state, country and world would be to perhaps create a new language.
As we prepare with hopeful anticipation for a new year with new promises and priorities, the Richmond Times-Dispatch looks back on what happened locally and across the commonwealth in 2020 â the year that was.
Just what is so wrong with Mr. Becerra? Well, his radical position on abortion, for starters.
Unlike most Americans who support common sense limits on abortion and try to balance the mother’s freedom of choice with her child’s right to live, Mr. Becerra is aggressively pro-abortion. He’s been that way since the start of his political career. From voting against requiring parental notification when a minor girl is trafficked across state lines to procure an abortion to voting in favor of both gruesome late-term partial birth abortion and discriminatory sex-selective abortions, he has come through 100 percent for the abortion lobby. His rating from NARAL and Planned Parenthood? A-plus.