CA - SNAP blasts Mahony claims of “scant information”
It's mind boggling and insulting that Mahony claims those who criticize him have ""scant information."
Mahony has a three decade track record of ignoring, hiding and enabling pedophile priests. There are thousands of pages of records disclosed through more than 500 child sex abuse and cover up lawsuits against his archdiocese. There is a weeks-long Stockton trial in the 1990s about an admitted serial pedophile, Fr. Oliver O’Grady, who Mahony supervised. There are almost 300 proven, admitted and credibly accused LA area priests (see BishopAccountabilty.org)
And now there are 12,000 more new pages of documents released weeks ago.
“Scant information?” That’s absurd. The public now knows more about cover ups by Mahony than any other US Catholic official, even more than Cardinal Bernard Law, formerly of Boston and now of Rome.
Today’s LA Times implies that Mahony, now retired, lacks the expensive and powerful public relations team he once enjoyed as head of the LA archdiocese. We doubt that. We strongly suspect that Mahony continues to get top-notch PR advice and assistance. And we are sure that his latest utterances add more pain to the already mountains of pain felt by hundreds of thousands of LA citizens, Catholics and abuse victims.
Winter Appeal 2023
To our friends,
2023 has been a long year with many ups and downs for us all. As we close out the year, we at SNAP hope that you are feeling like you are on your way to being healthy, fulfilled, and happy. This past year has brought both successes and challenges. Thanks to the support you have shown in the past, we’ve been able to celebrate the good days and weather the stormy ones. Now, we are once again asking for your support as we work to support survivors new and old as we ‘Move SNAP Forward.’
At SNAP we are proud to have hosted a very well-attended conference in August 2023. This event allowed us to gather friends, survivors, advocates, and allies for a weekend of camaraderie and connection. We were so happy to be able to welcome many first-time attendees to gather in person and are already looking forward to the next conference.
To strengthen our movement for justice, healing, and prevention, SNAP will be expanding our peer support and providing more volunteer opportunities in the coming year. Through this great work, we are ensuring survivor voices are represented as we work for significant change that will benefit children and survivors.
Right now, survivors worldwide are getting the help they need from SNAP, and more and more reach out to us daily, but we need your help to keep those programs going and get our volunteers the training they need to thrive.
Your tax-deductible gift to SNAP can help offset the cost of our important mission. If you are not in a position to contribute, you can still support us by sharing this letter with those who can. As we continue to fight for survivors across the globe, your donation or sharing the great work SNAP does will help us continue our work to protect the vulnerable, heal the wounded, and prevent abuse.
Your donation ensures SNAP will be there for those who need us more than ever!
Warmly,
Michael W. McDonnell, C.P.S.
Interim Executive Director
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Luke 17:2
The birth and resurrection of Christ is why we are Christians. The New Testament only came about as a result of Christ being here. Why do any of the Popes and clergy have any problem with understanding that it’s better for the church to suffer the light shining on this scandal specifically and acknowledge these sins perpetrated by Catholic clergy by not only excommunicating these persons from the church and reporting them to the police forthwith. For, as Jesus is quoted as saying in Matthew 18:6: “But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it were better for him to have a great millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.”