PA--Philly Catholic officials still want secrecy in child sex case

By Karen Polesir
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
January 16, 2016

http://www.snapnetwork.org/pa_philly_catholic_officials_still_want_secrecy_in_child_sex_case

Philly Catholic officials have just lost their bid to keep secret facts about a clergy sex abuse and cover up case. Shame on them for trying to hide the truth and violate, again, their often-repeated but often-broken pledges to be “open” about pedophile priests.

http://www.thelegalintelligencer.com/id=1202747309476/Archdioceses-Confidentiality-Request-in-Sex-Abuse-Case-Denied?mcode=0&curindex=0&curpage=ALL

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Mark I. Bernstein has denied Archbishop Charles Chaput's motion for confidentiality in a case called McIlmail v. Archdiocese of Philadelphia. We are grateful for Bernstein’s wise ruling and the McIlmail family’s courage. And we’re dismayed, though not surprised, by Chaput’s continuing hypocrisy. In public, he professes “transparency.” In court, however, he pushes “secrecy.”

“According to court documents, Sean McIlmail was allegedly sexually assaulted by Fr. Robert Brennan while he was a priest at the Resurrection of Our Lord in Northeast Philadelphia. . .between 1998 and 2001 when McIlmail was between the ages of 12 and 14,” according to the Legal Intelligencer.

We hope every single person who saw, suspected or suffered crimes by Brennan or cover ups by Chaput will find the strength to call police, expose wrongdoers and protect kids.