Moved, left no forwarding address

I'm puzzling around in my head over a current move to un-name a bridge in our state capitol.  The bridge is/was named after a Catholic priest, now dead, who apparently had a fair amount of positive impact in the state.  Enough to get a bridge named for him, anyway.  Myself, I'd never heard of him.

Now someone has come forward, claiming he was abused by said priest many years ago.  Person claims to have been an altar boy at the time.  I presume that can be verified.

Thing is, twenty or thirty years after the fact, how can you prove guilt or innocence of even a living man, much less a corpse unable to defend himself?  Damn sure I'd have a hard time proving where I was and what I was doing, on any given day in 1988 . . .

Rather than "he said/she said", this is "he said/he said", with one of the voices only available by seance.

EDIT:  According to one news article, the priest died 32 years ago:

http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/5245110.html

Signs and portents

Okay, John McCain visits Kennebunkport, soaking up money from fundraisers in Bush the Elder's summer territory, and the campaign coverage includes a coffee chat.  There's our all-American hero, jumbo joe next to his right hand on the table. 

Tim Horton's. 

Oh, you can't see the whole logo, but we know.

Why doesn't he just wear a maple leaf lapel pin like an honest lackey to his Canadian Imperialist masters?