ST. LOUIS (MO)
National Catholic Reporter
Aug. 09, 2012
By Joshua J. McElwee
ST. LOUIS — As Catholic sisters from across the country were sequestered in meeting rooms Wednesday to discuss broad issues of the place of women and men in the church, specifically their relationships with bishops following a harsh Vatican rebuke, five people stood outside the building.
Their focus was on issues sadly familiar to Catholics: Sexual abuse of minors, followed by denial and confusion.
For two of those standing outside the annual assembly of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), however, the alleged abusers didn’t wear clerical collars. They were Catholic sisters.
The group outside the LCWR assembly in the humid Missouri heat were representatives of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), the leading advocate for victims of clergy sex abuse.
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