UNITED STATES
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
For immediate release: Friday, Aug. 9
Statement by Steve Theisen of Hudson IA, Iowa director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (319 231 1663, Ltreggiefan@cs.com)
Next week, America’s largest group of nuns meets in Orlando. And today, a former top Catholic official publicly admits that child sex crimes by nuns are “invisible.”
But he opposes changing church policy so the same child sex guidelines that govern bishops would govern nuns. We strongly disagree.
The church’s abuse guidelines are weak, vague and rarely enforced. Still, they should apply to nuns as well as priests. Some oversight beats no oversight.
No one knows how many nuns have abused or are abusing kids. Nor does anyone know how many nuns have or are concealing those crimes.
But that’s not our primary concern. Our concern is that current child sex crimes and cover ups by nuns are stopped, future child sex crimes and cover ups by nuns are prevented and that those who’ve already been hurt by nuns are sought out and helped.
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