UNITED STATES
Christian Post
BY MICHAEL GRYBOSKI, CHRISTIAN POST REPORTER
September 26, 2013
A Missouri-based group devoted to helping victims of clerical sexual abuse is critical of former Pope Benedict XVI’s recent claim that he did not hide sexual abuse incidents.
Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) of St. Louis took issue with Benedict XVI’s recently published letter denying involvement in a cover-up.
David Clohessy, executive director of SNAP, told The Christian Post that the Pope Emeritus’ recent words were “hurtful and deceitful.”
“They rub salt into the already deep and still fresh wounds of tens of thousands of clergy sex abuse victims and millions of betrayed Catholics,” said Clohessy. “And we’re deeply saddened that not a single one of the world’s tens of thousands of bishops and priests has the courage to publicly dispute Benedict’s self-serving, misleading and callous comments.”
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