"admitted allegation"?

[Dan Goncharoff]

By confession or independent verification.
DanG

On Mar 9, 2011 9:58 PM, "Joel S. Berson" <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia is quoted as having said, in
> response to the grand jury report, that  ' there were no priests in
> active ministry "who have an admitted or established allegation of
> sexual abuse of a minor against them." '
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> NYTimes, March 9, "Philadelphia Cardinal Suspending 21 Priests", by
> Catharaine Q. Seelye.
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> How does an "allegation" become "admitted"?  Or "established"?
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> Joel
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