SNAP Media Events
TN - Victims challenge Catholic bishop
Memphis priest is accused of child sex abuse
He allegedly participated in "orgies" with other clerics
Group also wants prelate to post names of all predator priests
NY - Victims Challenge Vatican at UN on Clergy Sex Cases
Catholic Officials in Violation of Treaty on Rights of the Child
December 10, 2013, New York – Holding signs and childhood photos at a sidewalk news conference, clergy sex abuse victims and their attorneys will announce a formal new filing in their challenge of the Vatican before the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child tomorrow. The submission will address recent cover-ups in the Church and the Holy See’s claims to the committee that it is only responsible for what happens within the walls of Vatican City.
IL- SNAP blasts archdiocese
SNAP wants Cardinal to suspend priest
Instead, he’s being asked to “step aside”
Group: He should be put in treatment center
Last week, a serial predator’s time in Chicago was disclosed
He molested in Minnesota; has never been “outed” in Chicago
WHAT
Holding signs and childhood photos at a sidewalk news conference, clergy sex abuse victims and supporters will
--criticize Chicago Catholic officials for letting a credibly accused predator priest resign,
--urge them to suspend him instead and put him in a treatment center away from kids,
--disclose that another priest, who abused at least three kids in Minnesota, also worked in Chicago, &
--urge anyone who was hurt by either cleric to call police, not church officials.
WHEN
TODAY, Monday, Dec. 9 at 2:30 p.m.
CA- Victims want accused priest disciplined
Victims want accused priest disciplined
He’s accused of raping a pre-teen girl
Catholic officials supposedly “retired him”
But cleric still acts like a priest in public
He was on radio & TV as archdiocesan spokesman
Group urges others he hurt to “come forward & get help”
It also blasts SF church officials for “continued secrecy and inaction”
SNAP: For kids’ safety, Archbishop should put him in secure treatment center
MO - Two predator priest cases end
Each settled for six figure amounts
One man was assaulted by two clerics
A Catholic religious order resolved his suit
But Bishop Finn’s diocese refuses to do so
In the other case, predator admitted wrongdoing
MO --"Disturbing" deposition in clergy sex case is released
“Disturbing” deposition in clergy sex case is released
It talks of “drunk priests with erections touching each other”
In it, a 2nd person accuses priest of “acting improperly” with a child
That cleric is being sued for molesting a KC girl and is now in Nevada
SNAP wants him brought back to MO and put in a treatment facility
DC - New court cases about clergy abuse
One targets DC area Catholic facility
Hundreds of predator priests have been sent there
The center was sued this week for the first time ever
The other case let’s an accused Maryland priest “off the hook”
IL - Victims “out” 2 more abusive clerics
Cases settle against a nun and a priest
Both abused kids elsewhere but worked in Chicago
SNAP blasts Catholic officials for “on-going secrecy”
It urges Cardinal George to add names to his predators’ list
Group also praises governor & lawmakers for “major child sex reform law”