In the past three decades, the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City has received “credible allegations” of sexual abuse involving 16 priests.
And two of those allegations were received just this year — with one case revealed publicly for the first time in a letter to Catholics from Bishop Oscar A. Solis.
The letter, called “Report to the People of God of the Diocese of Salt Lake City,” is likely the first time Utah Catholics have received an accounting of sex abuse allegations against priests, said diocese spokeswoman Jean Hill.
It’s also the first time the diocese acknowledged a second priest has been put on leave this year in connection to a sexual abuse allegation.