DES MOINES (IA)
Des Moines Register
By SHIRLEY RAGSDALE
REGISTER RELIGION EDITOR
June 25, 2005
National and state advocates for survivors of clergy abuse met Friday with Bishop Joseph Charron of the Des Moines Catholic Diocese and urged him, among other things, to make public the names of all "credibly accused" priests.
David Clohessy, national director of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, and Steve Theisen of Hudson, co-founder of North East Iowa SNAP, at an impromptu meeting presented a letter to the bishop that also asked him to:
• Post the priests' names on the diocesan Web site.
• Rethink the use of court orders to silence abuse survivors who have filed lawsuits against the diocese.
• Include abuse survivors on the abuse allegation review board.