ST. LOUIS (MO)
Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests
August 6, 2019
Statement by David Clohessy of SNAP (314-566-9790)
We belong to a support group called SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests. Our mission is to protect the vulnerable, heal the wounded, expose the truth and deter future wrongdoing.
We’re here to warn parents, parishioners, police, prosecutors and the public about two potentially dangerous men, both connected to – or formerly connected to – the Catholic church in Maryland and DC.
The first is an admitted predator priest who now lives in Washington DC, was in Baltimore as recently as 2003, and held a church leadership post just a few years ago. He’s supposedly been “permanently removed from ministry,” according to a news report and a New York-based Catholic order known as the Marists. (See 10/19/93 Baltimore Sun)
In 1995, Atlanta Catholic officials announced that Fr. Philip S. Gage had been removed two years earlier from his post at the Marist School because of allegations that he molested a 17 year old student there in 1989. Later, church staff learned of another possible victim who was 18 at the time of the alleged abuse. They reportedly sent 7,000 letters to alums about the abuse report, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news3/1995_05_19_White_SchoolReveals_Philip_Gage_1.htm
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