HI--Prolific “missing” ex-NV abusive cleric “found” in Hawaii; Victims respond

By David Clohessy
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
February 14, 2016

http://www.snapnetwork.org/hi_prolific_missing_ex_nv_abusive_cleric_found_in_hawaii_victims_respond

An abusive Catholic cleric – who worked in Nevada, may have molested 50 kids and whose whereabouts were deemed “unknown” by church officials - has turned up in Hawaii. Though his church supervisors knew of his crimes as far back as the 1960s, they let keep teaching for years.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-seattle-serial-molester-20160212-story.html

He’s Brother Edward C. “Chris” Courtney. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, he taught at parochial schools and churches in MI, NY, IL and WA. In the 1980s, he also taught in public schools in Reno.

http://www.seattleweekly.com/home/952352-129/the-final-final-trial-of-edward

We urge Reno Bishop Roque Calvo to use pulpit announcements, parish bulletins, church websites and other tools to aggressively seek out others in Nevada who saw, suspected or suffered crimes by Courtney or cover ups by his colleagues.

SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, is the world’s oldest and largest support group for clergy abuse victims. SNAP was founded in 1988 and has more than 20,000 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)