SNAP Media Events

Pedophile priests are expose

They worked in the Sacramento area

But each was “publicly outed” elsewhere

Victims want local Catholic officials to take action

“Almost no one here knows about them,” group says

SNAP to bishop: “Warn your flock & reach out to others”

WHAT

On the eve of the Pope Francis’ visit to the US, while holding signs and childhood photos, clergy sex abuse victims and their supporters will

--disclose the names of three predator priests who worked in the Sacramento area but mostly molested elsewhere and were “exposed” elsewhere, and

--urge anyone who “saw, suspected or suffered” their crimes to call police, so that “both those who commit and those who conceal child sex crimes might be prosecuted.”

They will also prod local Catholic officials to:

--use church bulletins and pulpit announcements to seek out other “victims, witnesses and whistleblowers” who may be “suffering in silence,” and

--beg them to permanently post on church websites the names of local predator priests (like 30 other US bishops have done).

NOTE – SNAP members went door-to-door yesterday (8/31)  in the Brookside neighborhood handing out these fliers.  (See media coverage on Channel 5 and KMBZ radio.)

Help us protect kids!

WHO WE ARE

We were molested as kids by priests, nuns, seminarians and bishops. We belong to a support group called SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAPnetwork.org).

WHY WE’RE HERE

Fr. Michael Tierney lives around here. He has been accused repeatedly of abusing kids and giving them drugs, liquor, pornography and ‘massages.’ His Catholic supervisors won’t let him work in a parish. Several child sex abuse lawsuits against him have been settled.

Victims to leaflet accused priest's neighbors

Even after being sued, bishop kept him on the job

SNAP to diocese: “Disclose more about 2 other priests”

They’re both accused but few know about either of them

Civil lawsuits were settled against them months ago

WHAT

Holding signs and childhood pictures, clergy sex abuse victims and their supporters will go door to door handing fliers to homeowners. The leaflets warn that a suspended Catholic priest, who faces at least four allegations of molesting kids, apparently lives unsupervised in their neighborhood. They will also publicly push KC Catholic officials to

--move the priest to a remote, secure treatment center so that kids will be safer, and

--disclose more about two recently “outed” priests involved in the recent $10 million settlement.

Group to leaflet at Catholic church

They challenge archbishop on accused cleric

Priest fled the US during police investigation

SNAP: “Church officials must do aggressive outreach”

Staff must also warn families abroad about wrongdoer, victims say

Victims expose another Catholic predator

Group releases nine pages of records about him

Archdiocese admits “a number of allegations” against priest

Yet two archbishops refuse to tell public or parents about him

SNAP also urges Catholic officials to drop legal case against a victim

Man who was molested at Calvert Hall now faces trespassing charges

WHAT:

A month before Pope Francis comes to DC, holding signs and childhood photos at a sidewalk news conference, clergy sex abuse victims will release nine pages of previously-secret records about a never-before-publicly accused predator priest who apparently had several victims. They will also urge Baltimore Catholic officials to

--“come clean,” for the sake of public safety, about other predator priests and

--post their names on church websites (like Baltimore’s previous archbishop did).

And they’ll beg anyone who “saw, suspected or suffered” clergy sex crimes or cover ups at Calvert Hall and in the Baltimore area “to step forward, get help, call police, expose wrongdoers, protect kids and start healing.”

Group blasts state board of education

It gives convicted teacher a chance to teach again

She knew about but delayed reporting a colleague’s crimes

Organization urges officials to reconsider their recent decision

Group also urges “victims, witnesses and whistleblowers” to “speak up”

WHAT

Holding signs and childhood photos at a sidewalk news conference, members of a support group for clergy abuse victims will

--blast the Arkansas Board of Education for giving a convicted teacher a chance to teach again,

--urge the board to reconsider its decision, and

--beg anyone who may have seen, suspected or suffered child sex crimes or cover ups in schools to “come forward, get help, call police, expose wrongdoers and protect kids.”   

Five local predator priests are “outed” for first time

All worked in Duluth but bishop claims to know nothing about them

Group calls on current & ex-church staff to “come clean” about abusers

Their direct church supervisors admit each of the men is “credibly accused”

Long secret records about them were released yesterday; More are on the way

Sirba’s “continuing secrecy” puts “kids in harm’s way,” support group contends

It wants diocese to “stop spending donated dollars on lawyers to keep secrets secret”

WHAT

Holding signs and childhood photos at a sidewalk news conference, clergy sex abuse victims and their supporters will discuss

--the newly-outed five predator priests who have worked in Duluth,

--the just-released and soon-to-be-released secret records about them, and

--provide their photos and work histories.

They will also

-- prod anyone who was hurt by the priests to speak up and get help, and

-- prod Catholic officials in Duluth and across Minnesota to “come clean” with more information about the priests and aggressively seek out their victims.