CHILE
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests

For immediate release: Wednesday, August 13, 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 Chilean priest who Catholic officials say stole babies from their mothers (claiming that the infants were dead) says he’ll return from Spain to face criminal charges if they are filed against him. We believe Father Alex Vigueras is lying.

We also think this Chilean priest is lying when he says he was trying to stop abortions. We believe he was motivated by greed. Evidence in Spain suggests that priests and nuns there stole babies from mothers for financial gain.

We suspect this was true in Chile too.

Catholic officials in either Spain or Chile should insist that this abusive priest live in a treatment center until…