More evidence contradicts Cardinal
- More evidence contradicts Cardinal
- Two new secret memos are disclosed
- In letter, Dolan pledges “special fund” for predator
- Prelate claimed that $10,000 was for “health insurance”
- But two documents – just released - show Dolan misled public
- SNAP: Record shows pedophile’s payment was NOT for insurance
- Money was paid even after notorious predator priest was defrocked
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NYC's Cardinal Dolan paid pedophile priests to leave?
- NYC's Cardinal Dolan paid pedophile priests to leave?
- Minutes from meeting confirm: Dolan discussed paying $20,000 each to child molesters to quietly leave the priesthood
- Policy appears to have been implemented as revealed in 2006 secret payout to pedophile priest
- Newly uncovered document from 2003 shows the beginning of Dolan’s “shell game” of moving tens of millions of dollars into newly invented trusts
- Victims want current Archbishop Listecki to reveal all payouts and costs of sex offenders, release the Milwaukee “Dolan Papers”, including all Finance Council minutes
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Victims blast NM bishops and seek outreach in two cases
- Victims blast Catholic officials
- They seek “outreach” in two cases
- One convicted priest was just deported
- Another was just sued for abuse recently
- SNAP to bishops: “Post predators on websites”
- “And aggressively seek out others in pain,” group says
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Clergy Sex Abuse Victims Announce Posting of Huge Confidential Archive
- Clergy Sex Abuse Victims Announce Posting of Huge Confidential Archive
- New records about pedophile priests are released
- Victims announce the posting of thousands of pages
- Catholic officials fought for 4 years to keep them hidden
- It’s the biggest disclosure of records of any Catholic religious order
- Documents show Franciscan officials hid crimes from law enforcement
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Group seeks help from CA bishops
- Group leaflets outside mass
- It seeks help from all 12 California bishops
- SNAP: “Help us find those hurt by Irish Brothers”
- Big Catholic religious order declares bankruptcy
- It’s run at least 3 schools in the state, 1 in Vallejo, 1 in Salinas
- So those hurt by clerics face an August 1 deadline
- ‘Last chance’ to expose predators, self help group says
- Kids abused at the schools should “speak up & seek justice,” SNAP urges
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Clergy sex group holds vigil
- Clergy sex group holds vigil
- They urge Chaput to disclose more
- SNAP fears archbishop will “do bare minimum”
- And it urges “others with info” to step forward
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New lawsuit v. SLU & Jesuit priest
- New lawsuit v. SLU & Jesuit priest
- He’s accused, again, of sexual exploitation
- He was once university president & professor
- Case charges he exploited undergrad in counseling
- SNAP urges Catholic officials to disclose his whereabouts
- And group begs others who “saw, suspected or suffered” to speak up
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Minister, ex- psychologist & ex-radio host sued
- Minister, ex- psychologist & ex-radio host sued
- He exploited vulnerable woman, lawsuit says
- State stripped him of his psychologist license
- He also worked for Cardinals & Seattle Mariners
- Church is “using legal technicalities,” SNAP says
- Group urges others who were hurt to “speak up”
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Victims blast Albany bishop
- Victims blast Albany bishop
- Child sex abuse & cover-up suit filed
- Last time cleric was sued, he ran off to Ireland
- He only came back after accuser—another priest—died
- Cleric then gave one victim hush money & continued abuse
- Bishop kept priest in ministry despite repeated abuse reports
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Groups want board member ousted
- Groups want board member ousted
- He hid and minimized child sex crimes, they say
- Jesuit just resigned from one college board last week
- New church records showed he did little to stop predator
- The abuser, now imprisoned, was Mother Teresa's confessor
- Groups believe others who acted recklessly should be disciplined
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Child sex victims applaud firings
- Child sex victims applaud firings
- They want state educators to highlight this case
- Cobb Co. school staff delayed reporting likely crimes
- Self help group also wants Georgia laws reformed
- It blasts “predator-friendly” deadlines in child sex cases
- Victims to lawmakers: “Make it easier, not harder, for victims to act”
- Those who “see, suspect or suffer abuse must speak up,”SNAP says
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Group opposes new plan to weakening state offender registry
- Group opposes new plan to weakening state offender registry
- “At workplaces, pedophiles can find new victims,” SNAP argues
- "This is why predators’ job addresses should be public," self help group says
- SNAP to bishops: "Work with us to avoid weakening crucial child safety law"
- And victims praise Minnesota prelate for outreach; want to see more of it here
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Group blasts Catholic bishop
- Group blasts Catholic bishop
- He hires off duty police captain
- Abuse victims call for investigation
- SNAP says move “compromises law enforcement”
- And it deters others with information from coming forward
- Organization wants prelate to list predator priests on website
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Group wants update on predator priests
- Group wants update on predator priests
- Bishop hasn’t disclosed anything for more than a year
- And SNAP pushes nun for more disclosure in religious orders
- Clergy abuse victims say one predator joins new local church
- SNAP says church hierarchy should warn his fellow parishioners
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Pastor raises $$ for accused predator
- Pastor raises $$ for accused predator
- Cleric was suspended six months ago
- But he's still listed on church's website
- And parish bulletin tells how to donate to him
- Groups to Cardinal: "Stop this callousness & intimidation"
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