MINNESOTA
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
For immediate release: Wednesday, June 17
Statement by Frank Meuers, Minnesota SNAP leader, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests ( 952-334-5180, frankameuers@gmail.com )
Some are talking of “moving on” and “turning the page” in the Twin Cities abuse and cover up scandal. . .
Such thoughts are misplaced. They show a callous disregard for vulnerable kids.
Job one is not “recovering” or “healing.” Job one is safeguarding kids. That means every single cleric who committed or concealed clergy sex crimes musts be exposed, ousted and prosecuted.
It means that the names of all child molesting clerics – priests, nuns, bishops, seminarians and brothers – must be permanently and prominently posted on church websites and in church bulletins.
It means that predator-friendly laws must be reformed. It means that former Twin Cities clerics – men like Duluth Bishop Paul Sirba and St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson – must be disciplined too.
Adults can heal regardless of what church or secular officials do or don’t do. Kids, however, cannot protect themselves without active, proven prevention steps by church and secular officials. So let’s keep the focus where it belongs — on
Let’s let “healing” and “turning the page” come later.
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