TORONTO (ONTARIO, CANADA)
CBC
December 7, 2019
London Bishop claims survivors don’t want priests named and fear revictimization
London, Ont. – A London lawyer says he has “a hard time stomaching” why the local diocese would keep the names of four priests facing sexual abuse allegations against minors a secret.
“The vast majority want the name of their perpetrator out there. They want to protect society. They want accountability,” said Rob Talach, who has represented more 1,000 survivors of sexual abuse at the hands of the clergy in more than 400 court battles against the Catholic Church.
Talach’s comments came on Friday, the same day London Bishop Ronald Fabbro appeared on CBC Radio One’s London Morning.
Fabbro told host Rebecca Zandbergen that the list of 36 clergy members accused of sexual abuse published Wednesday by the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) was “substantially correct.”
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