NASHVILLE (TN)
Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests
Four clerics are left off ‘accused’ priest list
Both were deemed ‘credibly accused’ by their bosses
SNAP: “How many other predators are still being hidden?”
Support group also wants Catholic high school field re-named
It honors a church official who ‘ignored or hid’ abuse reports, man says
Tennessee attorney general should investigate 3 dioceses, SNAP argues
WHAT:
Holding signs and childhood photos at a sidewalk news conference, clergy molestation victims will disclose that two credibly accused predator priests
–have spent time in the Nashville area,
–attracted no public attention here, and
–are NOT on the Nashville diocese’s ‘accused’ clergy list.
They will blast Nashville Catholic officials for the omissions, question how many other predators are still being hidden, and insist that the bishop post a FULL list of priests, brothers, nuns, seminarians, and bishops who have violated others (and include their whereabouts, photos and full work histories).
The victims will also prod local Catholic officials to re-name an athletic field that honors a once high-ranking priests who, they say, ignored or hid clergy sex crimes.
Finally, they’ll also urge anyone else who saw, suspected or suffered clergy sex crimes or cover ups to “come forward, speak up, get help and call police, so that a predator or enabler might be charged, convicted and jailed, which would make kids safer.”
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