DETROIT (MI)
Detroit Free Press
February 21, 2006
BY PATRICIA MONTEMURRI
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
National leaders of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests urged leaders of the Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit on Monday to drop their opposition to changing Michigan laws so victims of priest sexual abuse can have more time to sue for damages.
Barbara Blaine of Chicago, a cofounder of the organization, and David Clohessy of St. Louis, SNAP's national director, slid a letter under the door of the archdiocese's chancery office on Washington Boulevard in downtown Detroit.
In the letter, the two asked Detroit Cardinal Adam Maida to endorse or stay neutral on possible legislation that would give victims of sex crimes more time to bring lawsuits seeking monetary damages for long-ago abuse.