WASHINGTON (DC)
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
For immediate release: Thursday, Jan. 23
Statement by Barbara Dorris of St. Louis, Outreach Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (314 862 7688 home, 314 503 0003 cell, SNAPdorris@gmail.com)
A convicted sex offender, Dennis Sobin of Washington DC, is putting the names and photos of children’s advocates and legislators on a website, attacking them for backing sex offender registries.
Our hearts ache for those who are being harassed by Sobin. We are not surprised that Sobin is being sued. We hope Stephanie Gray prevails in her effort to protect herself from a convicted criminal.
Sobin thinks it’s “unfair” that he is listed on the registry. It’s obviously unfair what he did to the child he hurt, to say the very least.
There’s a reason virtually every state has a sex offender registry. Child sex crimes are particularly heinous and hurtful. They tend to be repeated. They are hard to prevent and detect. And parents have the right to know if someone living nearby was once capable and therefore might still be capable of engaging in immoral and illegal sexual acts with their kids.
This is yet another example of just how shrewd and charismatic predators are —many of them are creative, bright and surprisingly able to twist situations so that their needs are met and so that they are viewed as “victims.”
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