SOUTH DAKOTA
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
For immediate release: Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Statement by David Clohessy of St. Louis, director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests ( 314-566-9790 cell, SNAPclohessy@aol.com )
Yesterday, a South Dakota legislative panel rejected changes in the state’s child safety laws.
We applaud them for voting down a measure (Senate Bill 130) that would have protected those who commit and conceal child sex crimes.
[SNAP]
Legislators should be making it easier, not harder, for child sex abuse victims to expose predators and protect kids.
Statues of limitations protect wrong doers. They give criminals more incentive to intimidate victims, threaten witnesses, discredit whistleblowers, destroy evidence and conceal crimes. They should be relaxed or reformed, not expanded.
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