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What:
Holding signs and childhood photos, sex abuse victims and their supporters will hold a press conference outside the cathedral of the Diocese of Los Angeles and the West to:
— publicize the recent appointment of Bishop Demetri Matta Khoury to assist Metropolitan Joseph G. Al-Zehlaoui in the administration of the diocese,
— provide information about Khoury’s 2003 arrest, and subsequent 2004 conviction and sentence, and
— blast the Church for making such a misguided decision and placing women and girls at risk.
When:
Wednesday, October 26, 2016, at 11:30 am.
Where:
Outside Saint Nicholas Cathedral, 2300 West 3rd Street, Los Angeles (cross street, South Grand View Street)
Who:
Two or more sex abuse victims and their supporters who are members of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests.
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