SNAP Media Events
AR - Molester Pleads Guilty, Bishop Asked to Do More in Little Rock
For immediate release: Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Victims write parents & judge about teachers
Both will be in court in Little Rock next week
One of them pled guilty to molesting a student
Another didn’t report the crimes as required by law
Group wants families & school officials to help prosecutors
And it tells Little Rock’s bishop “Do aggressive outreach now”
Parents should “ask their kids if they saw or suspected wrongdoing,” victims say
OH - Victims want action by bishop
They want to know where two accused predators are
And they urge him to write to his colleagues in two states
An accused Youngstown pedophile priest worked in MD & MI
Another was sent away in 2011 but his whereabouts aren’t clear
SNAP to Murry: "Tell your flock when, why, and who is ousted deacon"
OH - Child sex victim speaks
He says he was abused by teacher
Alleged perpetrator is still on the job
Man reported abuse to prosecutor & bishop
Bishop says he investigated but did so secretly
But Catholic prelate claims “No evidence” was found
SNAP: “A second person also reported misdeeds” against deacon to us
Group wants alleged wrongdoer suspended from his teaching post
OH - Victims make ‘last ditch’ plea
Priest will be sentenced next week
He was found guilty on child sex charges
But cleric faces only five years behind bars
And he worked at six places in Columbus area
SNAP to bishop: “Help keep predator locked up”
Group wants Catholic officials & public to write to judge & prosecutor
IL - Pedophile priest case settles for $1.35 million
Pedophile priest case settles for $1.35 million
Ex-Peoria bishop is also accused of wrongdoing
Controversial prelate now heads Newark archdiocese
His 200 page deposition is being released for first time
And long-secret records of child molesting cleric are disclosed
Victims urge others who “saw, suspected or suffered crimes to speak up”
Two more NJ predators are “outed”
Two more NJ predators are “outed”
Both are Catholic clerics from elsewhere
One sexually abused a girl in Los Angeles
The other molested in both Texas and Illinois
Neither priest has ever gotten attention in NJ
New records showed a third predator was in Newark
SNAP wants help from a parish, a school & three bishops
CA- Serial predator was unsupervised in Oakland
Serial predator was unsupervised in Oakland
Cleric estimates he abused “more than 100” kids
New records show church knew of his crimes for decades
Victims will hand out fliers to neighbors about the pedophile
SNAP: He lived “among unsuspecting neighbors” for a decade
Group to Catholic officials: “Come clean about other predators here”
IL- Victims blast bishop on spending
Victims blast bishop on spending
He remodels home again & goes abroad
And he’s still paying 7 or 8 predator clerics
Only two of 17 abusers have been defrocked
Church is monitoring & housing none of them
Group says “kids still at risk” 20 years after crisis erupted
Despite pledging “openness,” diocese won’t reveal # of victims
SNAP: Once “ahead of the curve,” Belleville diocese is now “far behind”