ONTARIO (CA)
The Worthy Adversary
Posted by Joelle Casteix on September 17, 2012
What: Holding signs and photos of themselves when they were abused, abuse victims and their supporters will disclose a new child sex abuse and cover-up lawsuit against the San Bernardo Catholic Diocese and a convicted predator priest. The suit charges that now-convicted priest Jose Alejandro “Alex” Castillo:
•sexually abused an Ontario teen in 2003,
•had a 20-year history of known and unreported predatory behavior, and
•was intentionally put in poor, Spanish speaking communities where children are less likely to report
Victims will also urge San Bernardino’s Bishop Gerald Barnes to:
•reach out to every person who encountered the child-molesting priest,
•turn over all evidence of abuse to law enforcement,
•beg the priest’s supporters to keep their kids away from him, and
•ask anyone who saw, suspected or suffered abuse to call police, not church officials.
Where: Outside of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, 710 S Sultana St. (corner of Mission), Ontario
When: Tuesday, September 18 at 11:45 am
Who: Two – three victims of sexual abuse and their supporters who are members of a self-help group called SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests.
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