TX - Group seeks grand jury investigation into school
- Episcopal officials just found guilty of hiding abuse
- Clergy sex victims want law enforcement to do more
- SNAP: “Bishop should aggressively seek out others who were hurt”
- Those “who saw, suspected or suffered crimes must speak up,” group says
CA - Victims blast Stockton Bishop: Remove accused priest
- Despite second allegation of abuse, he remains in ministry
- One case against cleric heads to trial later this year, and
- Newest case involves young boy, police investigating
- Follow your own policies and the policies of your fellow bishops, SNAP demands
- SNAP to Catholics: Donate elsewhere until diocese officials protect kids
MO - Paternity test shows priest impregnated woman
- Unusual new sex/cover up case filed by her husband & kids
- Accused cleric now works in a parish & in diocesan headquarters
- Lawsuit says top church officials kept silent & committed “fraud”
- It’s “always wrong & hurtful when priest has sex with parishioner,” SNAP says
Clergy Sex Victims to Hold Vigil
- They Urge Government Probe of Church Cover Ups
- Group Dismisses “Biased” Church-Initiated Investigation
- SNAP Also Wants Other Denominations to Do More to Protect Kids
PRESS CONFERENCE: Two clergy abuse & cover-up lawsuits filed
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They name recently convicted Ontario predator priest
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Church officials didn’t tell police about crimes, victims say
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Suit says now-jailed cleric spent 20 years abusing in Latino communities
Clergy sex victims seek criminal charges against top Catholic officials
They beg victims witnesses and whistleblowers to “break your silence now”
Group issues special appeal to current and former church employees“
Search your conscience, be part of the solution, call law enforcement,” SNAP says
On local and international levels, victims want them to “protect kids, not predators”
Read moreCatholic official misled police, SNAP says
Catholic official misled police, SNAP says
Clergy sex abuse victims want him fired by archbishop
Read moreMO - Parents sue diocese; their abused son committed suicide
- New clergy sex suit filed by parents
- Their son, suit says, was driven to suicide
- Accused priest was police department chaplain
- New legal action means KC monsignor is Missouri’s “most sued pedophile”
- He faces 27 lawsuits and was reported to church officials as far back as 1972
- Yet child molesting cleric remains a priest today; Bishop won’t ask Vatican to defrock him
MO - Shocking new clergy abuse case is filed
- Man says two priests molested him as a kid
- He also witnessed 3 other boys being abuse
- One of them, he says, later committed suicide
- One of the predators has never been accused before
- That cleric is still on the job today in northern Missouri
MA - Springfield diocese releases accused clerics list
- But dozens of alleged abusers are missing, SNAP says
- Group is grateful but says names are “very hard to find”
- For "public safety," victims push for "more accessible disclosure”
- Two alleged offender priests are publicly identified for the first time
- SNAP “Diocese should also name abusive nuns, bishops, seminarians & lay workers”
IL - Priest is investigated about abuse
- Archdiocese has put him "on restriction"
- He's accused of molesting a girl in the 1970s
- SNAP blasts Cardinal for not suspending cleric
- And group says he "continues secrecy & recklessness"
- Private email from church official to victim is released
- George is also blasted for new agreement with lawyers
CA - Victims want pedophile jailed
- Court hearing is set for tomorrow
- Prosecutors try to keep priest locked up
- They’re using new “sexually violent predator” law
- Group wants LA’s current & former church heads to help
- Both Mahony and Gomez should write judge, SNAP feels
MO - New lawsuit filed against predator priest
- Cleric was credibly accused earlier this year
- Abuse survivors react to news of grand jury investigation
MO - Abuse victims prod prosecutor
- They want grand jury investigation into church
- Twice, SNAP has written Buchanan County official
- But so far, support group has gotten no response from him
- They repeat their plea to KC bishop to write families of St. Joe students
- If he refuses, then local school principals should do this ‘simple outreach,’ SNAP says
- Controversial cleric also spent time at a third church in the area while pastor was sick
RI - Convicted predator now works for non-profit
- Clergy abuse victims want the public to be warned
- He’s defrocked and is listed as a registered sex offender
- His crimes spanned decades and were as recent as 2001
- Group worries ex-cleric may still be around “vulnerable people”
- And they worry about two recently arrested RI Catholic deacons too
