Victims seek update on church abuse probe

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

Nov. 11, 2019

KBI should issue ‘preliminary report,’ SNAP says
Group also wants more outreach and funding for it
KS attorney general asked for investigation one year ago
Bishops must update & expand their ‘accused’ lists, SNAP pleads
Victims to prelates: “Warn your flock about clerics who prey on adults too”

WHAT
Clergy sex abuse victims will hand out fliers door-to-door near churches listing recently-disclosed predator priests who are or were in eastern Kansas. Holding signs and childhood photos at sidewalk news conference, they will urge the Kansas Bureau of Investigation to
–issue an update on its statewide probe of clergy sex crimes and cover ups,
–do more outreach so that “every victim, witness and whistleblower can be heard.”

They will also urge lawmakers to
–increase funding for the on-going investigation, and
–reform archaic, predator-friendly Kansas child safety laws.

And they’ll urge all four Kansas bishops to
–expand their recently but ‘inadequate’ lists of accused clerics, and
–add clerics who sexually exploited adults.

Finally, they’ll urge “every current and ex-church staffer and member who has seen, suspected or suffered abuse to call the KBI immediately so kids are safer, wrongdoers are exposed and cover ups are deterred.”

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