UNITED STATES
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
For immediate release: Friday, April 25, 2014
Statement by Barbara Dorris of St. Louis, Outreach Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests ( 314-503-0003 cell, SNAPdorris@gmail.com )
A commission investigating the sexual abuse scandal in the Dutch Catholic Church have confirmed that a second bishop is guilty of abusing children. We are grateful for this revelation, but worried this wasn’t revealed when it was first confirmed.
[Reuters]
Johannes Nienhaus, who died in 2000, was the auxiliary bishop from 1982 to 1999 in the archdiocese of Utrecht. The commission confirmed that Nienhaus abused minors two years ago, yet church officials only made it public this week.
We are disappointed that yet again Catholic officials are not open and honest about clergy sex crimes. They show time and time again their callousness and willingness to put their reputations before the safety of children and the healing of victims.
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