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	National Sex-Abuse Survivors Group Blasts Vt. Catholic Church Times Argus August 8, 2007 http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070808/NEWS/70808008 Vermont — A national organization of people sexually abused by clergy wants Vermont's Catholic Church to publicize the names and whereabouts of all personnel accused of molesting parishioners in the state. "If a chemical company had dozens of toxic dumpsites scattered across Vermont, we think their moral obligation would be to say where they are and to stay away," David Clohessy, director of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, said Wednesday. Clohessy, meeting with several Vermont survivors outside the statewide Roman Catholic Diocese's headquarters in Burlington, also blasted the church for "harsh and misleading" comments regarding misconduct of its priests. The diocese has spent more than $1.5 million to settle at least six priest misconduct cases out of court since news of a national sex abuse scandal hit the Catholic Church five years ago. Even so, it still faces 25 civil misconduct lawsuits against eight of its retired or deceased priests.
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