Rome--Vatican again protects a predator

January 10, 2014

For immediate release: Friday, Jan. 10

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])

Today, there’s yet another clear sign ththat nothing’s changing in the Catholic hierarchy: Vatican officials are refusing to extradite a credibly accused child molesting church official.

http://www.thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/158234,Vatican-refuses-to-extradite-Polish-archbishop-accused-of-child-sex-abuse

Pope Francis can ride buses, carry luggage, charm reporters and be humble all he wants. If he wants to stop kids from being raped and sodomized, however, he must act. He must reverse the centuries-old practice of Vatican officials protecting other Catholic officials from law enforcement. And he’s not a young man. He should start now.

We call on Pope Francis to stop harboring Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski and send him to Poland immediately. If Wesolowski refuses, Pope Francis should kick him out of the Vatican, stop paying him, and harshly denounce him in public.

Next week, Vatican officials will be questioned in Geneva by a United Nations panel on how the church hierarchy handles child sex abuse cases. That session will be live and on line, so anyone can watch it. We can’t imagine how top Catholic officials will defend this indefensible move.

(SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, is the world’s oldest and largest support group for clergy abuse victims. SNAP was founded in 1988 and has more than 15,000 members. Despite the word “priest” in our title, we have members who were molested by religious figures of all denominations, including nuns, rabbis, bishops, and Protestant ministers. Our website is SNAPnetwork.org)

Contact - David Clohessy (314-566-9790 cell, [email protected]), Barbara Dorris (314-862-7688 home, 314-503-0003 cell, [email protected]), Barbara Blaine (312-399-4747, [email protected])

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Jonathan Hinck commented 2014-01-11 20:04:55 -0600
If you want to make Jesus really mad, so mad that He could sound more like the mafia than the Messiah, then damage a child. A wifeless and childless Jesus was the biggest patron and protector of children: “If you harm one of these little ones, better for you that a millstone be draped around your neck and you be dropped into the depths of the sea” (Luke 17:2). What part of this pronouncement does the Church not understand (or have they twisted its meaning beyond recognition)?
Dan Ograndowski commented 2014-01-10 22:33:00 -0600
Catholic officials have once again have proven that Jesus is just a distraction for them as they spend their efforts and the faithfuls donations on high paid image consultants to attempt to create the illusion that they have moral relevance. Only the most delusional apologists and retarded baboons will fall for this. Francis facade has crumbled again and exposed him for what he truly is. A distraction for the feeble minded. I have heard all of the bishops beautiful words followed by actions that are the polar opposite. These self titled holy men are not capable of telling the truth. He can go to prison and wash the feet of a gay Muslim burglar then peddle a unicycle around Rome, stopping to hug and kiss anyone with a pimple. It took him 9 months to bring up the victims of abuse through a cardinal about a committee. Either he is stupid or corrupt. And he aint stupid.

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