PA–Victims blast Altoona “healing services”
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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)
In an insulting but shrewd public relations move, Altoona’s bishop is holding self-serving “healing” events instead of protecting kids through decisive action. http://dioceseaj.org/node/1075
In the 147 page grand jury report, released two months ago, perhaps the most disturbing fact is that the jurors are “concerned the purge of predators is taking too long.”
That’s where the focus should be – removing predators – not holding “healing” events. Altoona Catholic officials should concentrate on protecting vulnerable kids, not winning back upset parishioners.
Their priorities are backwards.
Such services are nothing more than public relations. They don’t protect a single child, expose a single predator, punish a single concealer or…
