HARTFORD (CT)
Hartford Courant
January 23, 2019
By Dave Altimari
A group representing victims of sexual abuse by priests is questioning why as many as six alleged abusers were left off a list of “credibly accused” priests released by the Archdiocese of Hartford this week.
At a press conference Wednesday afternoon in front of the Archdiocese in Hartford, members of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) also called on the church to release more information on the whereabouts of living abusers.
On Tuesday, Archbishop Leonard Blair released the names of 48 priests that either had been sued or were “credibly accused” of sex abuse, but Gail Howard, the director of the local chapter of SNAP, said the list is incomplete. As she stood on the steps of St. Joseph’s Cathedral in the shadow of the archdiocese’s offices she held a sign with the names of six clergy members she claims should have been included – priests Donal Collins, Cornelius T. “Neil” Otero, Enrique Vasquez and Walter A. Vichas, and brothers Thomas Sawyer and Michael Benedict Taylor.
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“SNAP was able to identify six priests within 24 hours, how many others aren’t on there as well?” Howard said. “Where are the priests who are still alive now? You have child molesters trained and assigned to the Catholic Church they are now saying are no longer their responsibility,” Howard said. She called on the church to release photos of all the accused priests.
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