MILWAUKEE (WI)
Fox 6
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by Brandon Cruz, updated on: 07:58pm, May 27, 2014
MILWAUKEE (WITI) — Pope Francis says he has “zero tolerance” for any clergy member who violates a child. On Monday, May 26th — it was announced that Pope Francis has agreed to meet with a group of clergy sexual abuse victims early next month. At least one group says the move by the pope isn’t enough.
Pope Francis is expected to meet with a group of victims of clergy sexual abuse at the Vatican.
Peter Isley — the Midwest Director of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (or SNAP) says he’s skeptical.
“(The victims) are hand-selected by the Vatican. We don’t know who they are. Our organization has not been contacted. We weren’t invited. We weren’t asked,” Isley said.
SNAP is a group that consists of 18,000 clergy sex abuse victims from around the world.
Isley says their voices won’t be heard when the clergy sex abuse victims sit down with Pope Francis in June.
“To see this as a meeting, I think is a mistake. This is a negotiation and how this issue is after this negotiation is really what’s going to count,” Isley said.
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