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MN--Twin Cities Catholic official faces criminal charges

By Barbara Blaine
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
March 14, 2016

http://www.snapnetwork.org/mn_twin_cities_catholic_official_faces_criminal_charges

We are grateful that three Catholic officials who enabled a serial predator to assault 90 kids are being criminally charged. Those who commit clergy sex crimes are sometimes charged. But those who conceal those crimes are rarely charged.

One of them is in the Twin Cities: 

We hope these charges will prompt more victims, witnesses and whistleblowers to come forward, call police, expose wrongdoers, protect kids and start healing. Now is no time for complacency. These complicit church officials will no doubt get top notch lawyers and try desperately to exploit any and every legal loophole to evade conviction. So it’s crucial that others with suspicions about or knowledge of wrongdoing by Franciscans step forward.

We also hope these charges will bring sorely-needed attention to religious orders. These Catholic groups are often even more reckless, callous and deceitful in clergy sex abuse cases than bishops are.

We strongly suspect that many more Franciscans knew of and ignored or hid Br. Baker’s crimes. We hope that some of them can be charged too.

Contact: bblaine@snapnetwork.org




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