TX--Victims applaud new anti-abuse billboard

For immediate release: Friday, July 17

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

A new billboard between Austin and Waco criticizes Jehovah’s Witness officials about child sex crimes and cover ups in the denomination.

We applaud the victims and concerned individuals who funded and designed it.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/07/16/new-billboard-criticizes-jehovahs-witness-leadership-for-enabling-pedophiles/   

Kids will be safer only when church-goers and victims work together to raise awareness and put pressure on church officials to aggressively remove those who commit and conceal crimes against children. This is especially true in denominations like the Jehovah’s Witnesses that are headed by secretive, insular, male-dominated hierarchies.

We hope every single man, woman and child who have been sexually victimized in the Jehovah’s Witnesses will find the strength and courage to call police, expose wrongdoers, prevent cover ups and start healing.

(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 20,000 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, davidg[email protected]), Barbara Dorris (314-503-0003cell, [email protected]), Barbara Blaine (312-399-4747[email protected])   


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