NY- Round Lake priest arrested, SNAP responds

By David Clohessy
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
April 23, 2014

http://www.snapnetwork.org/ny_round_lake_priest_arrested_snap_responds

A Round Lake priest was arrested for inappropriate conduct with a minor. We are grateful this predator is being held accountable, but worried that he has been released. Even though there is an order of protection for the victim, there could be more victims who have not yet come forward. 

http://www.troyrecord.com/general-news/20140423/police-arrest-catholic-priest-30-who-served-at-round-lake-church

We hope, although it is unlikely, that this was an isolated incidence. Predators rarely attack only once. Fr. James Michael Taylor was a deacon and youth minister for the Corpus Christi Church during the alleged abuse and is now an ordained priest at Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Parish in Schenectady.

Church officials should aggressively seek out any other people who may have been hurt. Bishop Edward Scharfenberger should personally go to each parish where Fr. Taylor worked and beg victims, witnesses and whistleblowers to speak up and call police.

We hope that anyone who saw suspected or suffered abuse will contact law enforcement.