SNAP Media Events
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
Abusive priest is quietly reassigned to MO
- Accused abusive priest is quietly reassigned
- He was sued in 2004 in Joliet for molesting a boy
- Now, new internal church records show he’s in Missouri
- Lawsuit against him was settled, but church officials stay mum
- SNAP: “None of predator’s neighbors know of his presence or his past
- Group urges new bishop & Franciscans to “reach out to others in pain”
Two new legal moves in clergy sex cases
- Two new legal moves in clergy sex cases
- KC bishop “is being dishonest,” group says
- In unusual move, victim seeks punitive damages vs. diocese
- SNAP: Finn deceives flock about when cleric was first accused
- And group announces that a case vs. a different predator can move ahead
- A western MO judge rejects church officials' claim that victim is “too late”
- Both molesters are still priests and not being supervised, self-help group believes
Priest is accused of child sex abuse
- Priest is accused of child sex abuse
- Catholic officials “quietly” suspend him
- Victims blast Sacramento bishop for “recklessness”
- SNAP: He’s breaking his pledge to be “open” with sex crimes
- And he’s violating US church policy which mandates “transparency”
- Group begs victims, witnesses and whistleblowers to “come forward now”
Ex-predator priest is sued
- Ex-predator priest is sued
- In 80s, he pled guilty to abusing a boy
- But archdiocese put him back in a parish
- Then, from 1997-2001, he molested a girl
- Now, he walks free & his whereabouts are unknown
- Cleric’s child sex crimes are the most recent ones known in St. Louis
- And she’s the youngest MO girl to ever sue an abusive Catholic priest
- SNAP praises brave teenager & urges others to ‘step forward & call cops’
Abusive priest sued again
- Abusive priest sued again
- He molested both girls and boys
- An earlier case against him settled for $225,000
- Now in his 80s, cleric is still a priest in KC area
40+ victims file “unprecedented” new lawsuit
40+ victims file “unprecedented” new lawsuit
They charge KC’s bishop with “breach of contract”
He breaks 2008 agreement & endangers kids, they say
Suit seeks “continuing supervision” of diocese, not money
Finn pledged to report child sex abuse suspicions to police
But he clearly hid evidence & reports about Ratigan for a year
And for seven months, he kept twice-accused predator priest in parish