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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A late clergyman who served the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento for four decades has been accused for the first time of sexually assaulting a child, joining dozens of Sacramento clergy previously implicated in the Catholic Church’s decades-old abuse scandal.

"Ultimately educational decisions will not rest with an educator."

The diocese said "resources will remain consistent or be enhanced".

Mr Mowbray has been with the diocese for 46 years.

Father Dermott Donnelly serves with the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle

"For victims of Ryan, for mums and dads, brothers and sisters, wives and children of dead Ryan victims, you get nothing."

An employment tribunal ruled that Caroline Marsland was unfairly dismissed, but found that disclosures about the clergyman's relationship a "vulnerable" woman was not the principal reason.

The change.org petition has amassed over 4000 signatures since it was created on April 27.

Heads say the decision by the diocese sends a message of ‘intolerance’ to staff and pupils.