ST. LOUIS (MO)
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
Prayer event for arrested priest is cancelled, SNAP Responds
Victims want pastor & organizer disciplined
They tell Carlson: Stop tolerating hurtful actions
Group blasts archdiocese’s “good cop-bad cop” routine
SNAP: “Archbishop takes ‘high road,’ but his staff & flock attack victims”
What
Holding signs and childhood photos at a sidewalk news conference, clergy sex abuse victims will disclose that a Cathedral prayer event, for the “defense and exoneration” of an arrested local predator priest, was just cancelled.
Victims will urge St. Louis’ archbishop to
–punish the layman who organized it and pastor who approved it, and
–teach his flock about how to act appropriately when child sex charges surface.
They will also prod:
–anyone who may have seen, suspected or suffered the priest’s crimes to contact law enforcement immediately, and
–parishioners and the public to keep open minds and avoid taking actions and making comments that might discourage any other victims, witnesses or whistleblowers from stepping forward.
When
Tuesday, July 16 at 1:00 p.m.
Where
On the sidewalk outside the St. Louis Cathedral Basilica, Lindell & Newstead in the CWE
Who
Two-three victims of clergy sex crimes who belong to a support group called SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAPnetwork.org)
Why
For weeks or months, the Cathedral Young Adults group planned an event to “offer our prayers for the Defense and Exoneration” of Fr. Xiu Hui Joseph Jiang.” It was to be held tonight but was cancelled late yesterday after a reporter asked Archbishop Robert Carlson’s public relations staff about it.
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