SNAP Calls on Archbishop Gregory to Make Mccarrick Review Public

SNAP
May 30, 2019

http://www.snapnetwork.org/snap_calls_on_archbishop_gregory_to_make_mccarrick_review_public

The Archdiocese of Washington DC has completed a review of disgraced Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s personal correspondence and forwarded the results to Rome, according to a Catholic news source. Now we call on newly-installed DC Archbishop Wilton Gregory to immediately make this review public.

What better way to prove to his parishioners and the public that he is committed to transparency? Some of this correspondence has already been made public by Monsignor Anthony J. Figueiredo, so it should be easy for Archbishop Gregory to do the same. The Archbishop has long talked the talk of openness about abuse. Now it is time for him to walk the walk.

The sooner every person who saw, suspected or suffered wrongdoing by the former Cardinal comes forward, the closer we will be to knowing the truth about every person who ignored or hid Cardinal McCarrick’s wrongdoing. When these truths are revealed, it will help to ensure that innocent children and vulnerable adults will be safer and that future secrecy will be deterred.

CONTACT: Becky Ianni, SNAP Board Member(snapvirginia@cox.net, 703-801-6044), Zach Hiner, Executive Director (517-974-9009, zhiner@snapnetwork.org)