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SNAP: Archbishop Ignored Warnings About Predator Priest; Recommended Wadeson to San Francisco Archdiocese
Friday, 08 August 2014
Guam – The Survivors Network Against Those Abused by Priests [SNAP] has issued another statement accusing Guam Archbishop Apuron of ignoring warnings about the predator allegations against Father John Wadeson, and then recommending Father Wadeson to the San Francisco Archdiocese.
The latest SNAP release points out that the attorney for the Los Angels Archdiocese had warned Archbishop Apuron in 2011 that Father Wadeson had been accused of abusing 2 children in the 1970s, and that he had been banned from acting as a priest in the LA Archdiocese.
Yet, the Archbishop gave Father Wadeson a recommendation to practice his ministry in San Francisco, says SNAP. The San Francisco Archdiocese later revoked Father Wadeson from ministry after Archbishop Apuron himself removed Wadeson from active ministry here on Guam.
SNAP is calling on Archbishop Apuron to release the names of all accused clerics who have worked in the Archdiocese, turn over priest files to police and prosecutors, and reach out to all parishes, urging victims to report abuse to the police, not the archdiocese.
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