Sex abuse disclosures from SLC Catholic Diocese ‘first step,’ but not enough

SALT LAKE CITY (UT)
KUTV

September 14, 2018

By Brian Mullahy

West Valley’s Judy Larson, who accused a priest in Michigan of raping her when she was just 10, commended new disclosures from the Salt Lake Catholic Diocese on the extent of credible abuse claims here, but said the admissions do not go far enough.

“I think it’s a step in the right direction, but it’s a first step,” said Larson in a 2News interview, adding the diocese should name names. “If they’ve been credibly accused, yes. Other archdiocese and diocese have done that.”

Larson is now a board member of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, a group that tracks claims of abuse, and calls for action by church leaders to combat it.

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