Clergy abuse victims/advocates presser THURS 11/30 @ 11:15a.m. & 1:15pm in Chicago
November 30, 2023
Victims blast Chicago Catholic officials
Church figures settle child abuse case for $2 million
Groups file 1st-ever complaint to Vatican about 5 of them
It names 2 cardinals, 2 bishops and a top official in Rome
SNAP: 'Dangerous priest is on the loose in Chicago, unmonitored & unsupervised'
Cardinal Cupich & others in the church 'must warn parents & the public about him'
WHATAt a sidewalk news conference with signs and childhood photos, clergy sex abuse advocates will-- announce a new formal, first-ever complaint to the Vatican against five top Chicagoland Catholic officials for 'ignoring, hiding and/or enabling' child sex crimes by clergy,-- blast those church figures for ‘doing little or nothing’ to protect others from a predator priest who is believed to now live and work 'unsupervised and unmonitored' in the Chicago area (despite a recent $2 million settlement paid to one of his victims), and-- urge the church officials to warn police, prosecutors, parents, parishioners and the public about him, and-- harshly critize the heads of three dioceses (Chicago, Joliet, Rockford) and a Chicago-based Catholic religious order for how they mishandled the predator, the case and the settlement.They will also beg anyone who saw, suspected or suffered his crimes or church cover ups to call law enforcement.
WHEN - Thursday, Nov. 30, outside two church institutions where the now-ousted but still living credibly accused predator priest worked or lived:--At 11:15 a.m. outside the St. John Stone Friary, 1165 E. 54th Pl. (in Hyde Park), Chicago--At 1:15 p.m. outside St. Rita of Cascia High School, 7740 S. Western Ave., Chicago
WHOA veteran Chicago attorney who represents abuse victims and the former long-time director of a support group called SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests
VISUALSA large photo of the abuser and a poster listing credibly accused Chicago clerics in the Augustinians, the religious order to which the predator priest belongs