MINNESOTA
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
For immediate release: Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014
Statement by Frank Meuers of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests ( 952-334-5180, frankameuers@gmail.com )
We’re not lawyers. But we refuse to believe that Twin Cities secular officials are helpless in the face of so much recklessness, callousness and deceit by dozens of complicit Catholic officials year after year after year.
Al Capone was nabbed on income tax evasion. Other criminals are nabbed on various and sometimes lesser charges, whether perjury, witness tampering, endangering children, obstructing justice, destroying evidence, and intimidating victims. We believe that usually, “where there’s a will, there’s a way.”
Dozens of predator priests have assaulted hundreds of kids and hundreds of adults have been deceived by dozens of Catholic officials. Yet only a handful of the molesters – and none of the enablers – has ever seen the inside of a courtroom. That’s not just a tragedy. It’s an on-going public safety crisis.
Police and prosecutors must work harder, dig deeper, and be more aggressive and creative.
It’s meaningless for law enforcement officials to say they’re troubled by” or “unhappy about” the corrupt practices of Catholic officials. The verbal displeasure of police and prosecutors, in response to media questions, doesn’t stop or deter crimes. The actions of police and prosecutors stop and deter crimes.
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