RACINE (WI)
SNAP Wisconsin
Statement by John Pilmaier, SNAP Wisconsin Director
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The Racine Journal Times reports today that a teacher from the archdiocese of Milwaukee has officially resigned following reports of sexual assault. The teacher, Gary Craanen, taught at St. Catherine’s High School in Racine for thirty years. In a letter to the school community dated January 13th, St. Catherine’s President Christopher Olley explained the reasons for Craanen’s departure.
School officials at St. Catherine’s had been notified that reports of sexual assault had been made against Craanen when he was vice-principal and disciplinarian at Divine Word Seminary High School in Bordentown, New Jersey. The reports concerning Craanen’s sexual assault of students is due to be published in an upcoming book about clergy sexual abuse in the diocese of Trenton, New Jersey.
Archbishop Listecki should immediately reach out to the parents and students of St. Catherine’s and encourage them to come forward and report to law enforcement any information they have pertaining to Craanen’s possible victimization of children in the Racine community.
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