DETROIT (MO)
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
Posted by David Clohessy on January 30, 2013
■Serial predator priest worked near Detroit
■He committed suicide on Saturday in PA
■More than 80 kids say he molested them
■Eleven settlements were just disclosed last week
■Church officials in four states concealed allegations
■SNAP: “How many other child molesting clerics are still hidden?”
■Group asks challenges local archbishop: “Come clean re secret deals here”
WHAT
Holding signs and childhood photos at a sidewalk news conference, clergy sex abuse victims and their supporters will disclose that a recently “outed” and credibly accused child molesting cleric worked in Detroit Archdiocese for three years. He killed himself on Saturday and has allegedly assaulted at least 80 children in two states. The group will urge Detroit Catholic officials to
–explain why they’ve been secret about accusations against and settlements involving the cleric,
–disclose whether he’s allegedly molested any Michigan kids, and
–start aggressively seeking out others in Michigan who he may have molested.
They will also
–urge victims, and whistleblowers to contact secular authorities, not church officials, and
–beg anyone who may have seen, suspected, or suffered clergy crimes in Detroit (by this cleric or others) to come forward, call police, expose wrongdoing, protect kids and start healing.
WHEN
Wednesday, Jan. 30 at 1:00 p.m.
WHERE
Outside the Detroit Archdiocese headquarters (“chancery office”), 1234 Washington Blvd. in Detroit, MI
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