ROME
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
Posted by David Clohessy on March 17, 2013
Victims seek church whistleblowers
Their case against Vatican in world court is still pending
Top church officials are accused of “crimes v. humanity”
SNAP: “Current & former Catholic employees MUST speak up”
“Pope can’t fix crisis alone, every one in church needs to act,” victims say
WHAT:
Holding signs and childhood photos at a news conference, a child sex abuse victim and advocate will
—call on current and former Catholic employees to “break their silence” and tell law enforcement officials what they know and suspect regarding child sex crimes and cover ups in the church, and
—discuss an unprecedented and still-pending case in the International Criminal Court against top Vatican officials for “crimes against humanity.”
WHEN:
Monday, March 18 at 11:00 a.m.
WHERE:
Orange Hotel, 86 Via Crescenzio 00193, Roma +39.06.6868969
WHO:
A child sex abuse victim from the US, who is a leader of the US-based international support group SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAPnetwork.org). Three of his brothers were also molested by the same priest. One of his brothers went on to become a priest and molest children.
WHY
An international support group for victims of clergy abuse is calling on church officials with knowledge or suspicions of child sex crimes and cover-ups in the church to “break their silence, call outside sources and help protect kids.”
Leaders of SNAP are calling on current or former Italian Catholic employees – particularly who work or have worked in the Vatican – to “share what they know or believe about church corruption and complicity – however old or slight or seemingly insignificant it may seem – with outside sources, especially law enforcement, watchdog NGOs and governmental inquiries.
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