GEORGIA
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
For immediate release: Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Statement by Barbara Dorris of St. Louis, Outreach Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (314 503 0003 cell, bdorris@SNAPnetwork.org)
A predatory teacher who repeatedly abused a student and “allegedly demanded she have two abortions” worked in a suburban Atlanta school, a new report shows.
The secrecy of Catholic officials, who “never disciplined him” but later quietly let him go, allowed him “to work for years in city public schools,” an investigation reveals.
Rodney Alejandro reportedly abused a 15-year-old girl at a Catholic school – St. Francis Preparatory School in New York City – and then went on to work for the Department of Education, a 2015 probe by the city’s Special Commissioner of Investigation charges.
“Alejandro went on to teach at Mount Pisgah Christian School in Alpharetta, Ga., in September 2011, but by December 2012 the school asked him to resign because he didn’t disclose a prior termination,” the New York Post reports.
Our hearts ache for this brave young woman. We applaud her courage. We applaud New York investigators who uncovered this horror. And we beg lawmakers – in New York and Georgia – to reform the archaic, arbitrary statues of limitations that encourage twisted adults to commit child sex crimes and timid adults to conceal child sex crimes. We beg these legislators to show courage, rebuff lobbyists, and side with parents, kids and families, giving child sex abuse victims the chance to protect youngsters and expose wrongdoers in our time-tested justice system.
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