Police Execute Search Warrant At Catholic Diocese Of Dallas

DALLAS, TX --Dallas police officers executed a search warrant at Catholic Diocese of Dallas Wednesday morning as part of an investigation into five men connected to the ongoing sex abuse scandal plaguing the church. Police are looking for the following men, according to ABC affiliate WFAA: Edmundo Paredes, 70; Richard Thomas Brown, 77; Alejandro Buitrago, 77; William Joseph Hughes, Jr., 63; Jeremy Myers, 62.

In January, the Dallas diocese participated in a coordinated effort with the 14 others around Texas to release the names of priests accused of sexually abusing children.

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"The Bishops of Texas have decided to release the names of these priests at this time because it is right and just and to offer healing and hope to those who have suffered," Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, said in a statement provided on the website with the names. "On behalf of all who have failed in this regard, I offer my sincerest apology. Our Church has been lacerated by this wound and we must take action to heal it."

There are 8.5 million Catholics and 1,320 Catholic parishes in Texas, Rev. Edward J. Burns said in a news release in early October.