TENNESSEE
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
For immediate release: Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Statement by David Clohessy of St. Louis, Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests ( 314 566 9790, SNAPclohessy@aol.com)
Church officials who paid a music teacher who is accused of molesting kids should now take aggressive steps to find and help others who may have seen, suspected or suffered his crimes.
[CBS 3]
It’s not right for Hope Presbyterian officials to sit back now and expect police and prosecutors to do all the work. Church staff must use their pulpit, publications and email lists to seek out anyone with any knowledge of or suspicions about Matthew Williams.
Too often, church officials wash their hands of abuse cases when law enforcement gets involved. But that’s irresponsible. If you hire and pay an adult who ends up assaulting children, you have a duty to help get that adult prosecuted, convicted and jailed.
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