Rhode Island Diocese Posts List of 50 Credibly Accused Priests

In this May 9, 2002, file photo, Phyllis Hutnak, right, prepares to speak to the media outside the offices of the Diocese of Providence in Providence, R.I. Hutnak said she was seduced by the late Monsignor Louis Dunn of St. Thomas Church in Providence when she was a teenager. Dunn was listed by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence on July 1, 2019, as one of several members of clergy, religious order priests, and deacons who have been credibly accused of sexually abusing children. Dunn died in 2001. AP Photo/Stew Milne

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence on July 1 released a list of clerics, religious order priests, and deacons it says have been credibly accused of sexually abusing children.

The list of 50 names posted on the diocese website includes 19 priests and deacons who are still alive, although nearly all have been removed from ministry. One priest resigned. The list also includes 25 dead priests and six others, including religious order priests.