Victims want action from two NJ bishops
A support group for clergy sex abuse victims is urging two New Jersey Catholic bishops to discipline church employees who let an admitted predator priest work recently in their dioceses.
They also want the bishops to warn their flocks about the priest and aggressively seek out anyone who “may have seen, suspected or suffered crimes or misdeeds by him.”
Leaders of SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) are writing the bishops in Trenton and Paterson about Fr. Michael Fugee.
Read moreTX- Church members attack victim, SNAP responds
A pastor at the Church of Corinth near Dallas, TX was arrested last week on charges of attempting to make a teenager strip for him. The police have the entire 2 hour attack on audio tape and suspect there maybe more victims.
Read moreMO- Accused teacher was at 11 schools in 11 years
Eleven schools in eleven years. That's the troubling track record of teacher Joseph Thomas Maddock who has been charged with sexually assaulting a ten year old student. This doesn't pass the smell test. We strongly suspect that staff and parents at several of these schools knew of or suspected Maddock's crimes and did little or nothing to stop him. The notion that a child molesting teacher moves so much so quickly but no one sees or suspects anything suspicious defies logic and common sense.
Read morePA- Priest is new temporary head of Harrisburg diocese; SNAP responds
Fr. Robert Gillelan is the new temporary head of the Harrisburg Catholic diocese. We hope he'll promptly post on the diocesan website the names and whereabouts of all the child molesting clerics who have worked or lived in the Harrisburg area.
Read moreNH- priest resigns from church treatment center
Today, a former high ranking New Hampshire diocesan Catholic official has stepped down from his position because of allegations of sexual and financial impropriety.
Read moreIL- Ex Peoria bishop in trouble on abuse; SNAP responds
Peoria’s former Catholic bishop is now in hot water in New Jersey.
Read moreHI- Settlement reached in ND/HI abuse case, SNAP responds
A civil child sex abuse and cover up case involving a Hawaii Catholic priest and a North Dakota Catholic diocese has been settled.
Read moreNY- Cardinal rushing to defend priest being investigated for potential financial misdeeds
New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan is rushing to judgment and defending a priest being investigated for potential financial misdeeds.
Read moreMO- Biondi must deal with predator priests, SNAP says
Before he leaves office, we hope Fr. Lawrence Biondi addresses the ten publicly accused predator priests who live/lived or work/worked at SLU: Fr. Franklyn Becker, Fr. Edward Beutner, Fr. Charles H. Miller, Fr. Daniel C. O’Connell, Fr. Juan Carlos Duran, Fr. Eugene Maio, Fr. Jack Campbell, Fr. Chester E. Gaiter, Fr. Gerhardt B. Lehmkuhl and Fr. Vincent W. Bryce.
Read moreDallas bishop promoted to El Paso; SNAP’s worried
We are troubled by the promotion of Bishop Seitz from Dallas to El Paso. Seitz comes from a diocese (Dallas) with a disturbing record on children’s safety and from a school (St. John’s University) with an even more disturbing record on children’s safety.
-See BishopAccountability.org and http://www.behindthepinecurtain.com/wordpress/welcome
Accused priest now heads Springfield, IL church
A Greek Orthodox priest from Champaign who was suspended from the priesthood now works at a Springfield church.
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