SNAP Media Events

Victims challenge new Bridgeport bishop

They're worried about two accused clerics

One abused an adult woman but is in a parish right now

Another is on 'tribunal' despite three accusations against him

Group wants prelate to bring in “outside investigators”

And it applauds him for meeting with concerned Catholics

SNAP: “But listening to your flock doesn't protect children”

Bishop should post names of child molesting clerics, victims say  

Victims seek bishop's help

Two predator priests now live in Venice diocese

One was sued for molesting 2 kids in Louisiana

The other one admitted abusing a child in Arizona

Group worries about “unsuspecting neighbors & trusting parents”

They want Catholic officials to “warn police, parishioners and the public”

And they're upset that, just weeks ago, a predator lived on church property

Nun speaks out against bishop

In rare move, she & others appeal to Pope

They want KC prelate disciplined over abuse

She was once church “insider” & helped victims

Now, she outlines several “continuing failures” by Finn

And SNAP praise those seeking justice through church channels 

Two new rulings in wrongful death cases

Archdiocese loses in cases of victims' suicides

In one, unusual suit moves closer toward a trial

In another, Carlson loses & insurance company wins

Both stem from charges that Catholic priests assaulted boys

SNAP also blasts church officials over delay in high profile trial

Notorious predator priest may be in Dallas

Until recently, he lived in Oak Lawn complex

Grand jury said he's “remorseful” & “brutal ex-priest"

Neighbors discovered he lied about his past & exposed him

Ex-cleric acted "creepy" & used pool to gain access to kids

Group to Catholic bishop: “Protect kids & warn your flock!”

Victims also want all child molesting clerics put on church websites

Victims push for more predator priest files

And they react to action by United Nations panel

SNAP testified about Chicago abuse case in Geneva

Group wants Cardinal George to release more records

“Opening the Fr. McCormack files is crucial,” victims say

Minister abused & harassed woman, new suit says

Clergyman has now started a new church in Hazelwood

From pulpit, AME official said victim is “the devil” and “going to hell”

Church process “was degrading and  humiliating,” lawsuit charges

Suit: “Officials want to harass and deter victims of sexual assault from reporting”

SNAP deplores church figures for not calling police & retaliating against woman

WHAT
Holding signs and childhood photos at a sidewalk news conference, clergy sex abuse victims and their supporters will
– disclose a new civil lawsuit charging that an African American minister sexually harassed and assaulted a female staffer and church member,
– urge officials with the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church to aggressively reach out to others who “saw, suspected or suffered” the ministers crimes, and
– prod anyone with information or suspicions of crimes or misdeeds by the minister to “come forward, get help, expose wrongdoers, protect others and start healing.

Victims focus on 3 predator priests

Two are new, “outed” for 1st time this week

Neither has attracted public attention in Chicago

One eventually went to India, the other to Las Vegas

The 3rd is the most prolific abuser: at least 35 victims

He worked mostly in African American neighborhoods

WHAT

As church-goers enter mass, clergy sex abuse victims and their supporters will hand out fliers highlighting three predator priests whose records were released this week.

Two of them were "outed" for the first time on Tuesday. The third is perhaps Chicago's most prolific predator priest (with at least 35 victims).

The leaflets urge Chicago Catholics to

--help them track down where other suspected or defrocked pedophile priests are living or working now, so their unsuspecting neighbors might be warned that dangerous men are nearby,

--ask their loved ones if any of them were hurt by child molesting clerics, and

--insist that archdiocesan officials punish the “enablers” - the church staffers who ignored or hid evidence or warnings of clergy sex crimes, especially those clerics whose names appear in the soon-to-be-released records.

WHEN

Sunday, Jan. 26 at 11:45 a.m.