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Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests

Posted by David Clohessy on February 15, 2012

■Court sets deadline for child sex victims
■Large religious order declared bankruptcy
■Catholic Brothers run schools in at least 14 states
■They want to “keep awful secrets secret,” group says
■SNAP begs all victims to come forward, report crimes
■ And victims blast church officials for “exploiting technicalities”

Anyone who was sexually abused by members and employees of a large international Catholic religious order has until August to come forward and seek justice, according to a decision handed down by a New York federal bankruptcy judge.

Late last week, Judge Robert D. Drain of White Plains, NY gave victims of child sexual abuse five months to speak up in a wide-ranging case involving the Congregation of Irish Christian Brothers, a New York-based Catholic order that runs at…