OHIO
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
Priest will be sentenced next week
He was found guilty on child sex charges
Cleric faces only five years behind bars
He worked at six places in Columbus area
SNAP to bishop: “Help keep predator locked up”
Group wants Catholic officials & public to write to judge & prosecutor
What:
Holding signs and childhood photos, clergy sex abuse survivors and their supporters will disclose that a Columbus priest will be sentenced soon for child sex crimes. They will urge Columbus Catholic officials to
–give his personnel file to the prosecutor in the case,
— contact the judge, begging her to lock up the predator for “as long as possible,” and
–use their vast resources to urge their flock to do likewise.
The victims will also ask anyone “who many have seen, suspected or suffered” the cleric’s crimes or church cover ups – to call law enforcement officials immediately, so he might face new charges and be jailed longer.
When:
Wednesday, August 28, 11:00 a.m.
Where:
On the sidewalk outside St. Joseph Cathedral, 212 East Broad Street (corner of N 5th St.) in downtown Columbus
Who:
Two-three members of a support group called SNAP (the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests), including a Columbus woman who is the organization’s local director
Why:
On Sept. 4, Fr. Phil J. Jacobs will be sentenced for sexually abusing a Canadian child. Last year, he admitted abuse incidents involving boys in Ohio, claiming he wanted “to teach the boys to masturbate.” (At least ten children have said he molested them.)
Fr. Jacobs spent time at four central Ohio Catholic facilities. According to the Columbus Dispatch, Fr. Jacobs worked “at St. Joseph the Worker School in the late 1990s and early 2000s. In central Ohio, he was at St. Anthony Parish on the North Side from 1975 to 1979, St. Philip the Apostle Parish on the East Side from 1979 to 1981, and St. Paul the Apostle Parish in Westerville from 1986 to 1989. He also taught philosophy at the Pontifical College Josephinum on the Far North Side from 1986 to 1993.”
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