KANSAS CITY (MO)
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
For immediate release: Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Statement by Mike Hunter of Kansas City, KC Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests ( 913 634 6490, mhunter535@gmail.com )
Embattled Kansas City Bishop Robert Finn wants out of a contract he signed six years ago with more than 40 local clergy sex abuse victims. Shame on him.
In a KC courtroom today, one of Finn’s lawyers (David Frye) asked “But are we going to be in endless litigation on these non-monetary commitments forever?”
Frye and Finn should know that when they signed a contract with no expiration date, and then broke it, they would be held responsible. That’s what contracts are for: to ensure that people act the way they should.
There’s a simple way for Finn to prevent “endless litigation.” He should honor his word. He should do what he promised to do in the contract: call police quickly when abuse is suspected and train all his employees on abuse prevention. It’s as simple as that.
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