Clergy sex victims blast new Baltimore archbishop
This is a callous choice and a terribly disappointing one for anyone who cares about kids.
Again, Pope Benedict elevates a corrupt cleric with a long and troubling track record of protecting predator priests and church secrets over innocent kids. As long as the Vatican keeps rewarding wrongdoers, wrongdoing will continue.
Lori has kept more secrets and more accused priests in ministry than most bishops. He pretends to be a reformer but his public relations and actual performance conflict.
Under Lori, the Bridgeport diocese
--kept Fr. Martin Ryan in a parish for nine years after he was accused, in 2002, of molesting a girl, despite having paid her a settlement. (He was suspended just last year after being accused of sexually harassing a woman.)
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2011/05_06/2011_06_23_Tepfer_MonsignorRemoved.htm
--kept secret a 2008 child abuse investigation of a visiting priest until October 2011, when the priest was arrested for child sexual assault in Canada: http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2012/01_02/2012_01_17_Hennessey_CatholicChurchs.htm
-- kept secret for five years (from 2004-09) about settlements, totaling $40,000, paid to in two men who reported having been abused as kids by Monsignor William Genuario and Monsignor Frank Wissel.
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2009/11_12/2009_12_17_Tepfer_ClergySex.htm
--fought for years in court to keep church records about child molesting clerics secret
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2009/11_12/2009_12_02_Altimari_DocumentsShed.htm
--refused to warn parishioners or the public about an abusive nun, Patricia Long, who went on to become an Episcopal minister. http://www.snaparch.com/snap_statements/2011_statements/032911_ex_nh_nun_accused_of_molesting_is_outed_in_ct.htm
--kept silent about the defrocking of Fr. Charles W. Stubbs, a credibly accused pedophile priest who was quietly allowed to move from Connecticut to New York where he lived near unsuspecting families in a home owned by Sacred Heart University President Anthony Cernera.
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2006/07_08/2006_07_17_Carella_DarienCase.htm
--has not (despite repeated requests) posted a list of proven, admitted or credibly accused on the diocesan or parish websites (as nearly 30 other dioceses has done).
Lori himself directly mocked a victim, Michael Powel, who was molested by several church employees, http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2011/03_04/2011_03_21_Tepfer_BridgeportDiocese.htm
Winter Appeal 2023
To our friends,
2023 has been a long year with many ups and downs for us all. As we close out the year, we at SNAP hope that you are feeling like you are on your way to being healthy, fulfilled, and happy. This past year has brought both successes and challenges. Thanks to the support you have shown in the past, we’ve been able to celebrate the good days and weather the stormy ones. Now, we are once again asking for your support as we work to support survivors new and old as we ‘Move SNAP Forward.’
At SNAP we are proud to have hosted a very well-attended conference in August 2023. This event allowed us to gather friends, survivors, advocates, and allies for a weekend of camaraderie and connection. We were so happy to be able to welcome many first-time attendees to gather in person and are already looking forward to the next conference.
To strengthen our movement for justice, healing, and prevention, SNAP will be expanding our peer support and providing more volunteer opportunities in the coming year. Through this great work, we are ensuring survivor voices are represented as we work for significant change that will benefit children and survivors.
Right now, survivors worldwide are getting the help they need from SNAP, and more and more reach out to us daily, but we need your help to keep those programs going and get our volunteers the training they need to thrive.
Your tax-deductible gift to SNAP can help offset the cost of our important mission. If you are not in a position to contribute, you can still support us by sharing this letter with those who can. As we continue to fight for survivors across the globe, your donation or sharing the great work SNAP does will help us continue our work to protect the vulnerable, heal the wounded, and prevent abuse.
Your donation ensures SNAP will be there for those who need us more than ever!
Warmly,
Michael W. McDonnell, C.P.S.
Interim Executive Director
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This is just another example of an absolutist my way or the highway group – the sign of virtually every tyrant in history
the catholic church is all but dead in western Europe, dying in Latin america and in the USA the second largest relgiion is EX catholics.
We still have a way to go to make the sign over the vatican gate
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