SWOH CLERIC CONTROVERSY

IN SOUTHWEST OHIO, A PROMINENT CLERIC IS NOW UNDER FIRE. 
IN FEBRUARY, ROBERT CASEY BECAME THE NEW ARCHBISHOP IN CINCINNATI. HE IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT AND INFLUENTIAL CATHOLICS IN THE COUNTRY. THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER REPORTS THAT HE HAS RECENTLY COME UNDER FIRE FOR HIS ROLE AS THE LEADER OF A CONTROVERSIAL CLERICAL RECRUITMENT PROGRAM IN CHICAGO KNOWN AS CASA JESUS (HEY-ZEUS) MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO. THE PROGRAM RECRUITED YOUNG HISPANIC MEN TO THE PRIESTHOOD BUT CLOSED IN 2016 AMIND SEXUAL MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS. THREE PRIESTS FROM THE PROGRAM FACED DISCIPLINE AND/OR ARREST FOR PORNOGRAPHY AND SAME SEX RELATIONS.