CHICAGO (IL)
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
For immediate release: Wednesday, April 8
Statement by Kate Bochte of Chicago, SNAP leader ( 630 768 1860, keight@sbcglobal.net )
Archbishop Blasé Cupich showed today that he deals with clergy sex crimes and cover ups no better than his predecessor did.
Two more civil abuses and cover up lawsuits are being filed tomorrow against the archdiocese for the dreadfully deceitful and reckless way top Catholic officials kept Fr. Daniel McCormack on the job around unsuspecting families despite repeated warnings and “red flags” of inappropriate behavior.
Instead of a truly pastoral response, Cupich’s public relations team repeated the old “distancing” maneuvers that Catholic bishops have used for decades when discussing predator priests.
“Daniel McCormack is no longer a priest,” archdiocese spokeswoman Susan Burritt said in a statement. “He was removed from public ministry in February of 2006 and laicized (removed from the priesthood) in November 2007.”
That’s common knowledge. That tells no one anything that’s helpful.
Wouldn’t it have been reassuring had Cupich shown real courage and compassion and told his public relations team to say something like:
“I won’t be satisfied until every single McCormack victim has been found and helped and until every single McCormack enabler on the church payroll has been exposed and punished.
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