UNITED STATES
Chicago Tribune
By Rachael LevyTribune reporter
3:11 p.m. CDT, March 15, 2013
A prominent activist group in the Roman Catholic Church’s clergy-abuse scandal today called for Pope Francis to meet with them and for Chicago’s Cardinal Francis George to help bring about that meeting.
“We want to begin a new dialogue with him, and with the church we want to begin a real dialogue about prevention of child sexual abuse,” said Peter Isely, the Midwest director of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, at a Friday morning press conference in front of Chicago archdiocesan headquarters.
Standing in front of a handful of abuse victims and church reform advocates, Isely called for a rule within the church that would eject clergy who have abused children.
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