MINNESOTA
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests

For immediate release: Monday, June 9 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 )

Three disturbing facts jump out from St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson’s deposition – taken last month but released today – in a clergy sex abuse and cover up case.

1) Carlson admits that he never called the police about known or suspected clergy sex crimes at any point in his 24 years as a priest, bishop and other top church official in Minnesota.

2) Carlson testified under oath that he wasn’t sure whether he knew it was illegal for priests to have sex with children when he served as chancellor of the Twin Cities archdiocese in the 1980s.

[Minnesota Public Radio]

3) And another Catholic bishop testified under oath –…