CANADA
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
For immediate release: Tuesday, Sept. 3
Victims make ‘last ditch’ plea
Priest will be sentenced next week
He was found guilty on child sex charges
But cleric faces only five years behind bars
SNAP to bishop: “Help keep predator locked up”
Group wants Catholic officials & public to write to judge & prosecutor
A support group for clergy sex abuse victims and their supporters are urging Victoria’s Catholic bishop to write a judge and prosecutor about a predator priest who will be sentenced soon for child sex crimes.
Leaders of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, are writing to Bishop Richard J. Gagnon begging him to
–give the priest’s 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 his vast resources to urge prod his flock to do likewise.
The victims are also asking 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.
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