UNITED STATES
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests

For immediate release: Sunday, May 1, 2016

Statement by David Clohessy of St. Louis, Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (314 566 9790, 314 645 5915 home, davidgclohessy@gmail.com)

A new Associated Press story cites “lax financial controls” in the Catholic church, quotes one source as saying that the US church may lose $90 million annually from theft and cites an independent survey that shows that 85% of US dioceses have experienced recent embezzlement.

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“American Catholics drop roughly $150 million into the Sunday collection plate every week,” the AP reports.

We urge citizens and Catholics to keep all this in mind the next time a bishop claims “poverty” and cities poor finances as an excuse to not better protect kids or help victims.