Victims Support Attorney General

SNAP
June 17, 2014

http://www.snapnetwork.org/az_victims_support_attorney_general

Statement by Barbara Dorris of St. Louis, Outreach Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (314 503 0003, SNAPdorris@gmail.com)

We hope a judge looks quickly but seriously at the request to disband the police department in Warren Jeffs' bizarre sect on the border between Arizona and Utah.

[abcnews.go.com]

The only thing worse than no police at all is corrupt or complicit police. We strongly suspect that the Arizona Attorney General is right to push for this reform.

Those in law enforcement must not only be above reproach. They should also avoid the appearance of bias. Our strong belief – given how insular and insidious Jeffs and his backers are – is that this so-called police department is in fact dreadfully discriminatory and influenced by this unhealthy cult.

(SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, is the world’s oldest and largest support group for clergy abuse victims. We’ve been around for 25 years and have more than 18,000 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)