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MO- More abuse at Chaminade than any other MO school? SNAP asks

By Barbara Dorris
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
April 9, 2014

http://www.snapnetwork.org/mo_more_abuse_at_chaminade_than_any_other_mo_school_snap_asks

There has likely been more child sexual abuse at Chaminade than at any school we know of across Missouri. 

Let's look at who the Marianists have let teach at Chaminade:

There's Fr. William Christensen, who's accused of molesting at least 30 kids in Bangladesh (and may still be there now).

http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2011/01_02/2011_01_13_Townsend_PriestFrom.htm

There's Br. William Mueller, who's accused of molesting dozens of kids in Missouri, Colorado and Texas (and still lives in Texas now).

http://stopbaptistpredators.org/article07/no_criminal_charges_in_colorado.html

There's Br. Louis Meinhardt, who's accused of molesting at least 15 kids at Chaminade and who was only "outed" for the first time in 2011.

http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2012/01_02/2012_02_07_Rush_FatherMartin.htm

And there’s Fr. Robert R. Osborne, Fr. Daniel A. Triulzi, Brother Tony Pistone and Brother Woulfe - all proven, admitted or credibly accused child molesting clerics who worked at the school.

 http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2012/01_02/2012_02_07_Dorris_SNAPResponds.htm

And these are just the ones we know about.

(Here's the good news: as best we can tell, another Marianist, Fr. Charles H. Miller never worked there. But he molested a St. Louis teenage girl. And where is Fr. Miller now? He's working for the Marianists in the literal and figurative power center of Catholicism: Rome.) 

http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2009/03_04/2009_03_04_SanAntonioCurrent_PadreDont.htm

Are there predators on the payroll now at Chaminade? Who knows? The Marianists will of course deny this. But given their long and continuing reckless and callous pattern of secrecy, how can they be trusted?

The absolute least Marianist officials can do now is to permanently post the names, photos and work histories of their child molesting clerics on their website and the websites of the schools they run – Chaminade, Vianney, and others.

This simple, cheap step would protect kids. It would show that maybe Catholic officials take seriously their repeated pledges to be “open” about clergy sex crimes. Roughly 30 Catholic bishops have done this (almost always under intense public pressure). 

But they won't. They'll continue hiding behind their public relations staff and their expensive lawyers, saying and doing the absolute bare minimum and trying to exploit every possible legal maneuver and loophole so their cover-ups remain covered up. 

Shame on them.

Since they have done and are doing so little to protect the vulnerable and heal the wounded, it's more important than ever that every single person who has seen, suspected or suffered clergy sex crimes and cover ups at Marianist institutions to find the courage that Chris Boisaubin has found. It's crucial that they speak up, get help , expose wrongdoers and prevent future crimes and cover ups. 

Finally, we applaud Chris Boisaubin. He's smart and brave to seek justice and expose wrongdoers. He's smart and brave to disclose his name and make a public statement about his childhood suffering and his adult commitment to prevention. He's doing more than most child sex abuse victims ever do.

Contact: SNAPdorris@gmail.com




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