Group will seek legislation to allow state investigation of Catholic church

NEW LONDON (CT)
The Day

October 27, 2018

By Joe Wojtas

The Connecticut chapter of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests plans to push the General Assembly to enact legislation in the upcoming session that would not only eliminate the statute of limitations for sexual assault victims to bring criminal charges and file lawsuits but empower state officials to undertake an investigation of how the Catholic Church has handled sexual abuse allegations in Connecticut dioceses.

The state chapter of SNAP, which has chapters in all 50 states and 10 foreign countries, plans to stage a rally in front of Diocese of Norwich’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral at 1 p.m. Nov. 3 to discuss its initiatives which also call for the Norwich diocese to list all priests credibly accused of sexual assault on the diocesan website. The rally will be held in conjunction with the group’s first annual All Survivors Day.

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