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Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
Posted by David Clohessy on November 14, 2012
Clergy sex abuse victims are blasting Kansas City’s controversial Bishop Robert Finn for “staying silent” about the recent death of an alleged predator priest who has been sued several times for molesting kids.
Leaders of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, says Finn should have “honored his pledge to be ‘open’ about clergy sex crimes” by notifying the public and his parishioners about Fr. John R. Tulipana, who apparently died last week.
“As best we can tell, there’s nothing on diocesan or church websites about Fr. Tulipana’s passing,” said Barbara Dorris, SNAP’s outreach director. “Yet just weeks ago, Finn again promised he would be more forthcoming about child sex cases in his diocese. He continues to ‘talk the walk’ while refusing to ‘walk the walk.’”
According to the KC Star, Tulipana worked at eight area churches (six affiliated with schools) from 1976 to 1994, when he resigned after The Star reported that the diocese had paid $150,000 in 1989 to a man who had accused Tulipana of sexually abusing him as a teen.
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