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CA--Bishop claims “abuse is over” while he lets predator work elsewhere

By David Clohessy
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
April 26, 2016

http://www.snapnetwork.org/ca_bishop_claims_abuse_is_over_while_he_lets_predator_work_elsewhere

San Diego’s top Catholic official is making the self-serving and deceptive claim that the church’s child sex abuse and cover up crisis is over while he passively sits back and lets a convicted predator priest work in another parish.

Shame on Bishop Robert McElroy.

http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2016/apr/21/sdqt-bishop-mcelroy-appeal/#

Hoping to boost parochial school attendance by exploiting recent sex scandals at a public school, McElroy claims “Catholic schools still have one big advantage” because “We’ve had our big sex scandal. It’s in the past."

"I promise that your kids are safe with us,” McElroy tells San Diego parents while he lets Fr. Jose Alexis Davila work at four Oklahoma parishes while giving parents, police, prosecutors, parishioners and the public no warning whatsoever.

http://kfor.com/2016/04/23/priest-convicted-of-sex-crime-finds-home-in-lawton-parish/

http://www.snapnetwork.org/ok_victims_blast_ok_city_archbishop_over_convicted_priest

(McElroy’s comments were prompted by three staffers at Imperial Beach’s Mar Vista High School -Edward Aaron Mendoza, Martin Albert Gallegos and Alejandro Rodriguez - having been in the news recently for sex crimes.)

McElroy is being deceitful and disingenuous. Catholics in San Diego should be ashamed of him.

No matter what lawmakers or church officials do or don’t do, we urge every single person who saw, suspected or suffered child sex crimes and cover ups in Catholic churches or institutions to protect kids by calling police, get help by calling therapists, expose wrongdoers by calling law enforcement, get justice by calling attorneys, and be comforted by calling support groups like ours. This is how kids will be safer, adults will recover, criminals will be prosecuted, cover ups will be deterred and the truth will surface.

Contact: davidgclohessy@gmail.com




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