ARIZONA
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
For immediate release: Tuesday, Oct. 27
Statement by David Clohessy of St. Louis, director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those abused by Priests (314 566 9790, davidgclohessy@gmail.com)
A Phoenix priest is accused of ignoring reports that a now-admitted child molester made a boy strip naked and whipped him.
Fr. Patrick Crane is with Our Lady of Sorrows in Phoenix. Last month, he was interviewed by a detective because he worked for three years – from 2003 to 2006 – with Kevin Sloniker, who faces recent child sex charges in Washington and Idaho. Crane said he remembers part of the conversation with the boy.
For the safety of kids, we call on Phoenix Bishop Thomas Olmstead to suspend Fr. Crane.
And we call on Idaho Bishop Peter F. Christensen and Spokane Bishop Thomas Daly to use church websites, parish bulletins, pulpit announcements and personal appeals to reach out to others who may have seen, suspected or suffered crimes by Sloniker.
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