NEW JERSEY
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
For immediate release: Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016
Statement by David Clohessy of St. Louis, Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (314 566 9790, 314 645 5915 home, davidgclohessy@gmail.com)
A New Jersey Catholic cleric has been charged with having and watching child porn. We hope that
–anyone who may have seen, suspected or suffered his crimes will call law enforcement immediately,
–students and staff at St. Joseph’s High School in Metuchen – along with Metuchen Bishop Paul Bootkoski – will aggressively see out other victims, witnesses and whistleblowers, and
–the cleric’s supervisors will put him in a remote, secure, independent treatment center so he’ll get therapy and be kept away from kids.
[NJ.com]
Br. John B. Spalding is accused of endangering the welfare of a child and possession and viewing of pornographic material, primarily child pornography. He’ll soon return to Rhode Island, where he’s from. That’s wrong. Hiss Catholic supervisors should insist he live far away in a professionally run facility so kids will be safer. Why let him live among unsuspecting families and vulnerable children?
We urge Rhode Island Bishop Thomas Tobin to object to this move and warn his flock about Br. Spalding. And we hope that anyone who has knowledge or suspicions about Br. Spalding or other abusive clerics – in New Jersey or Rhode Island – will summon the strength to call police and prosecutors so that the innocent can be protected and the wounded can be healed and more clergy sex crimes and cover ups can be stopped.
Note: This is an Abuse Tracker excerpt. Click the title to view the full text of the original article. If the original article is no longer available, see our News Archive.