IL – Ex Granite City priest suspended over sex abuse
ILLINOIS
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
Victims blast bishop over ‘delay, secrecy & deception’
For immediate release: Friday, Sept. 20
Statement by David Clohessy of St. Louis, Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests ( 314 566 9790, SNAPclohessy@aol.com )
A week after returning a troubled priest back on the job in Alton, Springfield’s Catholic bishop is letting another priest – who worked in Granite City – temporarily resign because he’s accused of child sex crimes. But the bishop kept the accusation secret for weeks. And the bishop continues to use misleading language and doing the bare minimum.
Yesterday, Bishop Thomas Paprocki temporarily let Fr. Robert “Bud” DeGrand resign from his posts at Catholic parishes in Sigel, Neoga, Green Creek and Lillyville.
First, Paprocki should suspend Fr. DeGrand. That’s what the US bishops pledged to do when credible child sex…
