SNAP Media Events
Victims praise one prosecutor & blast another
- Victims praise one prosecutor & blast another
- Brooklyn DA arrests dozens of Orthodox predators
- But Bronx prosecutor cuts “bizarre deal” with Catholic one
- Group also praises Jewish victims for “breaking their silence”
- It blasts case where principal was charged, pled & sentenced on same day
- SNAP: All churches must seek out others who saw, suspected & suffered crimes
Springfield clergy abuse victim speaks out
- Local clergy abuse victim speaks out
- Lawsuit says 3 priests abused him as a boy
- Victim, now 40, speaks publicly here for first time
- He wants Springfield bishop to “reach out” to other victims
- Predator worked here at Catholic cathedral for three years
- This is first case in MO to implicate so many clerics, SNAP says
Clergy sex victims leaflet about priest
- Clergy sex victims leaflet about priest
- He was arrested on Monday on child sex charges
- SNAP urges university & church officials to disclose other predators
- And in a rare move, group praises a cleric for “standing up” to his bosses
New KC diocese whistleblower, fired in June, speaks for first time
- New diocesan whistleblower speaks
- He worked for four years at church HQ
- Man describes “sexually hostile workplace”
- Fired in June, he comes forward for first time now
- And he’s the 4th “insider” to recently blast diocese
- This much “breaking ranks” is “unprecedented,” SNAP says
- Group will also criticize bishop for picking “biased, bizarre shrink”
SNAP responds to new charges vs. bishop
- SNAP responds to new charges vs. bishop
- They’re disappointed only Finn is targeted
- “Problem is bigger than one person,” they say
- And deal means no questioning of bishop in court
- Abuse victims to Jackson Co prosecutor: “No deals!”
Victims want bishops to push for legislative reform
- Victims want bishops to push for legislative reform
- They challenge prelates to back mandatory reporting laws
- Group blasts Catholic officials for “fixating on internal policies”
- “External reform, in legislatures, is what’s really needed,” they say
- SNAP: US bishops gathering should also denounce Missouri church officials
For first time ever, Victims Assistance Coordinator speaks out
- In “unprecedented move,” nun blasts bishop
- It’s 1st time ever that an ‘ex-victims director’ speaks out
- For four years, she worked in KC Catholic headquarters
- She says bishop “put kids at risk” & must be “accountable”
- And a fifth lawsuit filed against priest who was ousted in June
- He repeatedly molested boy, once at priests’ notorious lake house
- There, a second priest “offered boys chance for sexual favors with a girl”
Predator priest’s written confession is released
- Predator priest’s written confession is released (READ IT HERE)
- It shows that 16 church officials knew he had molested
- Yet cleric kept getting parish jobs until six months ago
- Four top Catholic prelates (& an Episcopalian one) kept silent
- Clergy sex victims with SNAP will leaflet at cathedral after Mass
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