Bishop’s Secret Moves in Abuse Case | Edmonton News

Edmonton News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 26, 2026 · 2m

New court documents expose how a Newfoundland bishop in 1970 quietly ordered a priest accused of abuse to vanish—telling him to fake illness to avoid scandal, then shipping him off to a secretive clergy rehab center instead of reporting the crime. Now, decades later, the church’s insurer is digging into those old files to see if they knew the priest was dangerous—and could void coverage for abuses that followed. The priest later got jail time, but the bishop who handled it all? He died before ever seeing the fallout, hoping to forget the whole thing. And now, lawyers are also seeking records…