ILLINOIS
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
Aug. 5, 2013
Dear Bishop Braxton:
You and your brother bishops have repeatedly pledged to be “open and transparent” about clergy sex abuse. Yet you refuse to tell your flock
–that no Belleville predator priest is being housed and monitored by the diocese,
–that other dioceses do, in fact, house and monitor predator priests,
–that only two Belleville predator priests have been defrocked,
–that six or seven of Belleville predator priests are still on the payroll, and
— how many victims have contacted you or how much you’re spending on their therapy. (The last such figures, provided by your predecessor, are almost a decade old).
At the same time, you’re quietly renovating your home again and quietly and repeatedly traveling abroad. Who’s paying for this?
We respectfully but firmly urge you to reveal who paid for your trips overseas. We urge you to halt your new kitchen renovation and be honest about who paid for it.
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