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Marianas Variety
17 Apr 2015 By Junhan B. Todiño – junhan@mvariety.com – Variety News Staff
HAGÅTÑA — Officials of the Survivor Network of those Abused by Priests or SNAP is calling on Catholic church officials to be more transparent.
Director David Clohessy, said Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez’s recent reexamination of molestation accusations made against Rev. John Wadeson is part of a growing trend.
“It seems to be happening more and more. It’s happened in dozens of Catholic abuse and cover-up cases. We have very little faith in these secretive, cleric-dominated church “investigations” or “examinations” into child sex abuse reports,” Clohessy said.
Instead, Clohessy said the examinations should be done by independent, experienced and unbiased professionals in law enforcement, “not by self-interested, biased amateurs in church offices.”
Clohessy said more transparency is needed to uncover possible predators and bishops should use parish bulletins, websites and pulpit announcements to call on victims or witnesses to contact police and prosecutors in cases of abuse.
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