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•By: Kareem Elgazzar, WCPO Digital
CINCINNATI – Judy Jones was glued to television reports Wednesday when white smoke began billowing out of the Sistine Chapel, signaling the election of a new pope.
“Oh me, oh my. A new Pope,’’ said Jones, who is Midwest Associate Director of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests [SNAP]. “I really have mixed feelings. There is hope but this whole process brings back all the pain for sex abuse survivors.”
Jones, who lives in St. Louis, said SNAP has a list of actions they want the new pope to address in his next 100 days.
Jones, whose brother was abused by a priest in Ohio, joins the majority of American Catholics who disapprove of how the church has handled the issue of sexual abuse. An ABC News/Washington Post poll found 78 percent of American Catholics disapprove of how the church has dealt with the scandal.
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