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Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
A support group for clergy sex molestation victims is writing Catholic bishops in six states, urging them to "aggressively warn parents and reach out to victims" of a abusive priest who was recently released from prison.
Leaders of a self-help group called SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, are worried about Anthony Jablonowski. Convicted of molesting a boy in Wyoming in April 2004, Jablonowski moved back to the Steubenville area this July. He is a registered sex offender and lives in Waterford, OH at The Carmelite Missionaries of Mary Immaculate (CMMI).
"This guy is dangerous, and we fear for kids at risk near him and for others he hurt who are still suffering in shame and self-blame," said Judy Jones of St. Louis. She is a former Steubenville dioceses resident and is coordinating efforts there for SNAP.
Jablonowski is defying an order by Steubenville Bishop Daniel Conlon that he is not to live at CMMI or present himself as a priest.