MN- Predator priest faces more charges, victims respond

By Barbara Dorris
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
March 25, 2014

http://www.snapnetwork.org/mn_predator_priest_faces_more_charges_victims_respond

A Maplewood priest, who was charged in November with sexual misconduct, faces more charges. We are glad Father Mark Huberty is being charged with additional crimes. It’s virtually always hurtful – and often illegal – for clerics to have any sexual contact with a congregant.

http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_25410935/maplewood-priest-sex-misconduct-case-faces-new-charge

This is an encouraging move. It is additional evidence that when a priest engages in sexual contact with a parishioner, a very serious moral and legal line has been crossed. Consent can never truly be given when the difference in power is so great. In Minnesota, it is also a felony. 

We hope every single person who saw, suspected or suffered clergy sex crimes – by Fr. Huberty or others, as adults or as children – will speak up. Keeping quiet only helps predators and endangers others.