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The Worthy Adversary
Posted by Joelle Casteix on January 17, 2013
The latest from Hawaii: Why would Honolulu’s Maryknoll School keep a scholarship named after a accused child predator? And what kind of message does that send?
Victims blast local high school
Scholarship named after alleged predator
He’s been accused of abuse by three boys
But school & board still honor his memory
“Honoring predators lets abuse thrive,” SNAP says
Victims of sexual abuse are blasting a Honolulu high school for publicizing a scholarship named after a three-time accused predator priest.
In a letter to the president and board of directors of Maryknoll High School, members of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, say that a scholarship honoring accused predator priest Fr. James A. Jackson “hurts victims and discourages them from speaking up, thus endangering more kids.”
They are urging that the scholarship be dissolved.
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