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Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
For immediate release: Thursday, April 10, 2014
Statement by Barbara Dorris of St. Louis, Outreach Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests ( 314-503-0003, SNAPdorris@gmail.com )
A French priest was indicted for raping and torturing multiple women at a private religious school. We are saddened by this revelation, but glad victims are speaking up and action is being taken.
The priest, who is part of the fundamentalist society of St. Pius X, had been tried in a religious hearing and sentenced to two year in a monastery for his sexual attacks several years ago. We are disappointed that it has taken several years for this dangerous predator to be indicted.
(NOTE: A former member of the St. Pius X Society, Fr. Carlos Urrutigoity, is now second-in-command of a diocese in Paraguay, despite several credible allegations of child sex crimes against kids in Scranton Pennsylvania.
We hope that anyone who saw, suspects or suffered abuse will call police and that Catholic officials will be proactive and aggressively seek out victims and witnesses.
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