December 16, 2004

Church victims angry at delay

CINCINNATI (OH)
Cincinnati Post

By Kimball Perry
Post staff reporter

A group representing victims of priest sex abuse called Wednesday for the dispersal of a $3 million victim compensation fund paid for by the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and urged that any new victims be paid from other money.

"We think it's outrageous that the archdiocese is further delaying justice," said Dan Frondorf, a Cincinnati spokesman for Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP).

The archdiocese actually is not involved in determining who qualifies for the fund and how much they are awarded. The process involves a fund administrator and a tribunal to decide how the money is disbursed.

That doesn't matter, Frondorf said.

"This entire settlement fund is their creation," he said of the archdiocese.

Posted by kshaw at December 16, 2004 08:42 AM