April 11, 2007

Oregon and Nebraska bishops violate national
church abuse policy

Statement by Barbara Dorris of St. Louis,
Outreach Director of SNAP, (314 862 7688 home, 314 503 0003 cell)

"The US bishops' five year old sex abuse policies are very weak and enforcement is nearly non-existent. So for a bishop to deliberately ignore them is troublesome. Baker's bishop and Lincoln's bishop should be ashamed of themselves and Catholics in their dioceses should insist that they cooperate with this bare minimum process to begin keeping kids safe."