ST. LOUIS (MO)
KMOX
October 1, 2019
By Kevin Killeen
Schmitt’s office says SNAP’s Sunshine Request was rejected because the investigation is ongoing, and no records can be released until an investigation is officially closed.
A clergy abuse survivors group is accusing Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt of making a “secret deal” with the Catholic church to not go after church hierarchy in its recent release of a list of predator priests.
The Missouri Attorney General’s office has rejected a Sunshine Request made by the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests, a request to find out if the church made a deal with the AG to protect higher-ups in an investigation of accused priests.
Schmitt’s office says SNAP’s Sunshine Request was rejected because the investigation is ongoing, and no records can be released until an investigation is officially closed.
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