PEORIA (IL)
Herald & Review
November 2, 2018
By Maria Nagle
The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests wants to know what prompted the Peoria Catholic Diocese to order three retired priests to step down now from public ministry when they face credible allegations of sexual abuse from decades ago.
“The big question is, Why now? What they are doing now, it seems, is unloading these secret crimes from decades ago that they swept under the rug,” SNAP spokesman Kate Bochte said. “It’s possibly because they know the attorney general is investigating these crimes now.
“I’ve heard from many survivors and their No. 1 concern is that this stops — that not another child is violated by any priest,” said Bochte, speaking from Chicago on Friday. “A big part of that is also holding perpetrators accountable and exposing the crimes.”
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