ARCHDIOCESE FINED $10G

PFMLIT CLERGY, General, SEX OFFENDERS AND OTHERS IN POSITIONS OF TRUST

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati pleaded no contest yesterday to charges of failing to tell authorities about sex abuse allegations and was fined $10,000.  The prosecutor real the five counts of failure to report a felony aloud in court.  Each charged, a misdemeanor, regarded an institutional knowledge that certain felony sex crimes involving minors occurred.  The no-contest plea is not an admission of guilt, but means the defendant will not fight the charges.