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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
By Valerie Schremp Hahn St. Louis Post-Dispatch
UPDATED at 11:31 p.m. with SNAP’s intent to join other victims in emergency motion to stay judge’s order
ST. LOUIS • People who made accusations against Roman Catholic priests filed an emergency motion in federal court on Friday, saying that their rights will be violated if a survivor’s group follows a judge’s order to hand over personal information of accusers in another case.
Meanwhile, late Friday night, the Survivor’s Network of those Abused by Priests filed a document saying they will join with the other victims in their emergency motion to stay the order.
SNAP is among those being sued by the Rev. Xiu Hui “Joseph” Jiang, who is seeking damages. He had been named in Lincoln County and St. Louis in charges that were later dropped.
The victims who filed the emergency motion are not connected to the Jiang suit but said they were assaulted by other priests, but they have privacy concerns because of the judge’s order in the Jiang case.
David Clohessy, director of the group, said earlier Friday night that group leaders didn’t know yet what they would do or how the victims’ motion would affect the judge’s order involving the group. They had until midnight Friday to decide.
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