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Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests

For immediate release: Tuesday, March 29

Statement by Judy Jones, SNAP associate Midwest director, 635 433 2511, SNAPjudy@gmail.com

Another child sex abuse and cover up case against an ex-Columbus child molesting Catholic cleric has just settled. Now, Columbus church officials must disclose his whereabouts, put him in a treatment center and aggressively seek out others he has hurt.

[Columbus Dispatch]

Fr. Ronald J. Atwood was suspended in July 2013 after he was accused of sexually abusing a child at Bishop Ready High School and/or St. Stephen the Martyr and St. Peter parishes in Columbus between 1976 and 1979.

In 1999, Fr. Atwood was charged with public indecency in a public park known for sexual activity and the following year, he pled ‘no contest’ to urinating on a tree and paid a fine.

But troubling questions remain: Where is Fr. Atwood?…