ST. LOUIS (MO)
CBS St. Lous
Kevin Killeen (@KMOXKilleen)
June 19, 2015
ST. LOUIS (KMOX) – Earlier this week, the St. Louis city prosecutor dropped a child molestation charge against Father Joseph Jiang.
David Clohessy with the survivor’s group SNAP (the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) is calling the Archbishop to be careful with Jiang.
“We want Archbishop Carlson to keep Father Jiang on suspension, reveal his whereabouts and take his passport so he can’t flee overseas like hundreds of other predator priests have done,” says Clohessy.
The Archdiocese released a statement saying Jiang passed an independent lie detector test supporting his denials of sex abuse of a minor at any point in his life. They are also reviewing Jiang’s status after the charges were withdrawn. Barbara Dorris with SNAP is not convinced.
“…and we suspect there are other children, there’s witnesses, whistle-blowers…they have to come forward now and help with this case,” says Dorris.
Doris says to put everything on the shoulders of one young victim is not realistic. She believes that is a factor in the problem with the charges.
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