LOUISVILLE (KY)
WDRB
September 10, 2018
By Lawrence Smith
Survivors of priest sex abuse are accusing the Catholic Church of a cover-up.
Survivors of clergy sexual abuse are calling on Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear to investigate. They also want the Archdiocese of Louisville to do more to root out the problem and help the victims.
The Louisville branch of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, brought their grievances to the Cathedral of the Assumption in downtown Louisville on Monday.
SNAP’s leader, Cal Pfeiffer, said the abuse “is still going on. To what extent, we don’t know.”
He said a Pennsylvania grand jury report into clergy abuse gives him renewed faith that justice can be done. That report revealed more than 300 predator priests and 1,000 victims.
“We would ask Andy Beshear here in the state of Kentucky to do the same here, not just Louisville, but the archdiocese across the whole state,” Pfeiffer said.
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