NEW JERSEY
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
For immediate release: Wednesday, July 6, 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)
We strongly suspect that the former Delbarton coach is telling the truth when he says that school officials retaliated against him for reporting suspected sex crimes and sexual misconduct by Fr. Luke Travers. Time and time again, Catholic priests and bishops have tried to punish those who speak up about abuse reports and rumors.
[NJ.com]
If kids are to be safe and cover ups are to be deterred, it’s crucial that anyone with information or suspicions about wrongdoing at Delbarton steps forward now. Do so not to help Marc MacNaughton, but to help ensure that the truth about sex crimes and misdeeds and cover ups at Delbarton is exposed. Silence only helps wrongdoers and encourages wrongdoing.
No matter what a judge or church officials do or don’t do, we urge every single person who saw, suspected or suffered child sex crimes and cover ups in Catholic churches or institutions – especially at Delbarton – to protect kids by calling police, get help by calling therapists, expose wrongdoers by calling law enforcement, get justice by calling attorneys, and be comforted by calling support groups like ours. This is how kids will be safer, adults will recover, criminals will be prosecuted, cover ups will be deterred and the truth will surface.
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