AR--Arkansas chaplain convicted of abuse; Victims respond

By David Clohessy
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
July 5, 2016

http://www.snapnetwork.org/ar_arkansas_chaplain_convicted_of_abuse_victims_respond

We are grateful that a predatory prison chaplain was caught, pled guilty and has been sentenced. We hope others with information or suspicions about the crimes of Kenneth Dewitt will come forward and start healing. http://www.areawidenews.com/story/2319355.html

All too often predators seek positions like chaplain where they’ll have authority over and access to vulnerable individuals who are less likely to report crimes or be believed if they do.

None of this should be considered or called “relationships.” Dewitt had massive power over these women. They could not genuinely consent. Being convicted of a crime should not subject one to rape and exploitation, especially by a purported “man of God.”

No matter what church or governmental 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.