ST. LOUIS (MO)
Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests

Sept. 25, 2019

Archbishop Charles Chaput today turned 75, the age at which prelates are to submit their resignation to the pontiff. Often, the Vatican ignores this. But in this case we hope Pope Francis will act quickly to replace Archbishop Chaput with a cleric who is willing to courageously confront the archdiocese’s continuing abuse and cover up scandal.

Over a long career climbing the clerical ladder, Archbishop Chaput’s signature ‘achievement’ is that, in two states, he fought tooth and nail to keep clergy cover-ups covered up by blocking legislative reforms that would have likely enabled thousands of child sexual abuse victims to expose hundreds of abusers and the men who helped minimize, obfuscate, or cover-up the allegations against them.

In Colorado while working as the Archbishop of Denver, Archbishop Chaput was described as handling survivors of abuse with…