Cincinnati Archdiocese Fined in Sex-Abuse Case

The Archdiocese of Cincinnati pleaded no contest to charges of failing to tell authorities about sex-abuse allegations, becoming the third Roman Catholic diocese to strike a deal with prosecutors in a criminal investigation.

The archdiocese was sentenced to $10,000 in fines on five misdemeanor counts.

Each of the five counts of failure to report a felony alleged “an institutional knowledge that certain felony sex crimes involving minors occurred.”

The archdiocese acknowledged no wrongdoing but will not fight the charges.