Media Statements

For immediate release: Friday, February 21, 2014

Statement by David Clohessy of St. Louis, Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (314-566-9790 cell, [email protected])

Minnesota Public Radio and Twin Cities Catholic officials disagree over whether or not 28 clergy who are accused of molesting kids should be publicly named. Here's a simple compromise. 

For immediate release:  Friday, February 21, 2014

Statement by Barbara Dorris of St. Louis, Outreach Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (314-862-7688 home, 314-503-0003 cell, [email protected])

The Missoula county attorney’s office has failed to prosecute “nearly every case” of non-stranger rapes.  

 For immediate release: Thursday, February 20, 2014

 Statement by Juan Carlos Cruz or SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (1+ 312 420 4301· [email protected])

 A serial predator priest who has been ordered to live "a life of prayer and penance" is still saying mass in public, clearly violating restrictions put on him by his Catholic supervisors.

We are saddened but not shocked. Only under public pressure do bishops finally take some action against child molesting clerics. And when public attention subsides, it's "back to business as usual."   

For immediate release: Thursday, February 20, 2014

Statement by Barbara Dorris of St. Louis, Outreach Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (314-862-7688 home, 314-503-0003 cell, [email protected])

A South Carolina man has been charged with sexually assaulting a child. 

For immediate release: Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014

Statement by Barbara Dorris of St. Louis, Outreach Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (314-862-7688 home, 314-503-0003 cell, [email protected])

We're disappointed that a Springfield Catholic priest has been promoted to head the Wichita diocese.

For immediate release: Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014

For more information: David Clohessy of St. Louis, SNAP Director (314) 566-9790 cell, [email protected],  Bob Schwiderski of Wayzata (952-471-3422, [email protected]), Frank Meuers of Plymouth (952-334-5180, [email protected])

Victims challenge New Ulm bishop

New documents show predator was prolific

Pedophile priest worked in 15 Minnesota towns 

A support group for clergy sex abuse victims is urging New Ulm’s Catholic bishop to reach out to victims of an abusive priest who, according to new church records, was especially egregious.

For immediate release: Thursday, February 20, 2014

For more information: David Clohessy 314-566-9790 cell, [email protected]

Victims group praises Texas diocese

Twice, it does outreach about predator priest

A support group for clergy sex abuse victims is praising a Texas Catholic diocese for twice seeking out others who may have been molested by a priest.

For immediate release: Thursday, Feb. 20

Statement by Barbara Dorris of SNAP (314 503 0003) 

The new Catholic bishop of Wichita has, for more than a decade, been part of a team of church officials that has made disturbing decisions in clergy sex cases.

For immediate release: Thursday, February 20, 2014

Statement by David Clohessy of St. Louis, Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (314-566-9790 cell, [email protected])

The Vatican has tapped a cleric from a scandal-ridden archdiocese to be an auxiliary bishop of Miami. 

For immediate release: Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Statement by Barbara Dorris of St. Louis, Outreach Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (314 862 7688, [email protected])

A high court in Ireland has ordered that a Christian Brothers congregation pay the highest settlement to a child sexual abuse victim in Irish history.