CALIFORNIA
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
For immediate release: Tuesday, Aug. 4
Statement by David Clohessy of St. Louis, Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (314 566 9790, davidgclohessy@gmail.com, SNAPclohessy@aol.com)
A newspaper has won in its battle to force secretive Catholic officials to release records in a clergy sex abuse and cover up case. We are grateful for this ruling. And we’re disgusted that Monterey Catholic officials continue to protect predators.
[Metropolitan News-Enterprise]
We applaud the judge and the Monterey County Weekly, which filed a motion to rescind a secrecy clause sought and won by church officials in a case against Fr. Edward Fitz-Henry. We hope the newspaper’s victory will encourage other news outlets to take similar steps to expose Catholic church deceit, recklessness, callousness and secrecy.
The newspaper says “In exchange for his resignation, Fitz-Henry received a financial settlement from the Diocese, the terms of which have never been disclosed.”
We also hope this victory will embolden others who have been hurt by child molesting Catholic clerics in the Monterey diocese to step forward, expose predators, protect kids and deter cover ups by taking legal action against clerics who commit and conceal heinous crimes against children.
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