MN--Victims applaud judge's ruling on New Ulm abuse

By Frank Meuers
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
January 28, 2015

http://www.snapnetwork.org/mn_victims_applaud_judge_s_ruling_on_new_ulm_abuse

We call on New Ulm’s Catholic bishop to promptly and thoroughly comply with a new court order to turn over records about pedophile priests.

We are grateful to the brave victim who is using the civil justice system to get names of dangerous child molesters made public. If kids are to be safer, police, prosecutors, parents, parishioners and the public must know who is committing and concealing heinous crimes against kids.    

This disclosure will protect kids now and in the future, by deterring cover ups of child sex crimes. We are glad this judge ruled in favor of kids and safety and against corrupt adults and their reputations.

Beyond that, we call on New Ulm church officials to use their vast diocesan resources to seek out adults who were sexually abused as kids by clergy

Decades from now, we predict that our society will look back aghast at how much secrecy surrounding clergy sex crimes that we tolerate.

We hope this legal victory for kids and victims will prod others who saw, suspected or suffered clergy sex crimes to call police, expose wrongdoers, protect others, and start healing.