KENTUCKY
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
POSTED BY DAVID CLOHESSY ON MAY 16, 2013
Victims write bishop about accused priest
KY cleric is accused of molesting at least 4 kids
But years later, he is still not being supervised
And Catholic officials let him remain in ministry
SNAP to Lexington prelate “Oust him from your diocese”
Group wants church to warn parents about him and “do outreach”
A support group for clergy sex abuse victims is urging a Kentucky bishop to oust a four-time accused predator priest from his diocese and “aggressively seek out” anyone the cleric may have molested.
Leaders of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAPNetwork.org) are writing Lexington Bishop Ronald W. Gainer about Fr. Carroll Howlin who lives unmonitored and “ministers” in eastern Kentucky in apparent violation of a Vatican order and the church’s national abuse policy.
Late last month, the Chicago Tribune reported that Fr. Howlin, suspended for sexually abusing Illinois boys, still lives and works – unsupervised – in McCreary County. The cleric has reportedly also molested two Kentucky boys, one of whom committed suicide.
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