Bishops Scramble to Respond to Exposure of Widespread Complicity in Hiding Sexual Predators

UNITED STATES
SNAP

September 21, 2018

BISHOPS SCRAMBLE TO RESPOND TO EXPOSURE OF WIDESPREAD COMPLICITY IN HIDING SEXUAL PREDATORS

For immediate release, September 21, 2018

Statement by Tim Lennon, President of SNAP, tlennon@SNAPnetwork.org, 415-312-5820

Last month the explosive Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report exposed that, despite the promises of 2002, the Catholic hierarchy was still covering up for sexual “predators.”

https://www.attorneygeneral.gov/report/

This damning Report has had Bishops across the country scrambling to respond to angry parishioners and public outrage. The empty gestures that have been produced so far fall into three categories.

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