UNITED STATES
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
For immediate release: Friday, May 23, 2014
Statement by Barbara Dorris of St. Louis, Outreach Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests ( 314-503-0003, SNAPdorris@gmail.com )
A new United Nations committee report harshly criticizes top Catholic officials for endangering kids and specifically cites the case of a Polish archbishop who is accused of molesting children in Poland and the Dominican Republic.
He is Archbishop Josef Wesolowski, who was the papal nuncio to the Dominican Republic until last August, when allegations of sexual violence against him surfaced. To avoid prosecution, he fled to the Vatican where he is fighting extradition. Vatican officials are harboring him in Rome.
The UN’s Committee Against Torture said of the Wesolowski case that “competent authorities proceed to a prompt and impartial investigation of Archbishop Wesolowski… ensure such persons are criminally prosecuted or extradited … by the civil authorities.”
This is just one case of many where the Catholic church is refusing to protect children and is protecting predators instead.
We hope Polish bishops and Catholics contact Pope Francis and insist that he send Wesolowski back to face secular justice in Poland.
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