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‘Ripe for abuse’: How Catholic sex scandal convinced one seminarian to go public

Stephen Szutenbach, was a seminarian in Denver when he says he was abused by an administrator. He said he complained to Archbishop Charles J. Chaput who only removed the priest from ministry after Szutenbach threatened to go public with his story.

Stephen Szutenbach, shown here in his home in Orlando, Florida, says he was abused by a top administrator, while a seminarian in Denver.
Stephen Szutenbach, shown here in his home in Orlando, Florida, says he was abused by a top administrator, while a seminarian in Denver.Read moreJESSICA GRIFFIN/ Staff Photographer