NEW YORK
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests

for immediate release: Tuesday, July 08, 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 York priest, who was scheduled for a plea deal today in his child pornography case, did not appear before the judge. We hope this case does not have any delays and if the priest gets a plea deal that it is harsh and protects innocent children.

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Fr. Robert Ours, who is currently living in Syracuse, was arrested in May for child porn charges. We hope whether this goes to trial or there is a plea deal is his superiors in the Syracuse Catholic diocese aggressively seek out others who may have seen, suspected or suffered Fr. Ours’ crimes and urge them to contact police and prosecutors…