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Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
Posted by Barbara Dorris on September 06, 2012
There’s a reason Bishop Finn’s trial is happening on 24 hours notice, with few or no witnesses, before a judge, and on the day when President Obama speaks.
It’s the same reason that hundreds of thousands of children across the globe have been sexually assaulted by Catholic priests, nuns, seminarians, brothers and bishops.
The reason is church officials continuing obsession with protecting their reputations above all else.
For months, Bishop Finn has been masterful with public relations – revamping policies, hiring staff, shuffling titles and pledging reform.
He’s made another masterful public relations stroke today, making this proceeding shorter and quicker and more likely to prevent exposing just how complicit he and perhaps a dozen or more top Catholic officials are in the crimes of Fr. Shawn Ratigan.
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