Media Statements

Florida’s Office of Statewide Prosecution has released a report on their investigation into Catholic sexual abuse in their state. We are grateful to the office for looking into this issue and urge them to keep their hotline and communication channels open.

On Friday, October 9, 2020, the New Orleans Chapter of SNAP and its Executive Director mailed a letter to the Apostolic Nunciature in Washington, DC, and to the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith (CDF) to ask for a Vatican investigation of Archbishop Gregory Aymond.  Thus far, our letter has garnered no response.

A woman who helped procure teenage victims for the leader of a Christian cult is now claiming that she was abused within the group as well. We applaud the California attorney general for investigating this cult and preventing other children from being harmed. Sadly, we see similarities between this case and another recent sexual abuse scandal.

A judge from Pennsylvania who was recently arrested for child sexual abuse is apparently a leader for a religious children’s group. Now we call on church and group leaders to ensure that they investigate whether or not any children from their program were groomed or hurt by the judge.

An Episcopal priest who was removed from the priesthood in 1992 has now been accused of sexually abusing a child. Anglican officials must use all resources at their disposal to warn parents and parishioners and encourage others who may have been hurt by the priest to come forward and get help.

A new clergy sexual abuse and cover-up lawsuit has been filed against a Catholic high school in Oregon and the religious order that ran and staffed the school. We applaud the brave survivor in this case for coming forward and hope his example will inspire others who may have been hurt at the school to speak out and make a report to police and prosecutors.

A priest from suburban St. Louis has been removed from ministry following an allegation of “inappropriate conduct” with a minor. We call on Catholic officials to use every resource at their disposal to share this news throughout the diocese and encourage other victims and witnesses to come forward and make a report.

Catholic officials in Scranton have concluded their compensation program after paying nearly $25 million to 213 survivors of child sexual abuse. We are glad that these survivors have received acknowledgment of their pain and suffering, as well as some restitution. We know that because of them, more information about the Catholic sexual abuse scandal in Pennsylvania has been made public.

A new lawsuit has been filed alleging child sexual abuse and cover-up in the Archdiocese of Vancouver and now we call on Catholic officials to do immediate outreach to find other victims and encourage them to come forward and get help.

Rockford Catholic officials have quietly - without notifying the public - added 6 more names to their list of those with “substantiated allegations” of child sexual abuse. Given that the entire point of these lists is to ensure that diocesan leaders are accountable to their parishioners and the public, we are disturbed that this update was made without any sort of notice.