SNAP Responds to Sex Abuse Allegation in Albany Diocese, Capital News 9, January 20, 2008

S.N.A.P. Responds to Sex Abuse Allegation in Albany Diocese

Capital News 9
January 20, 2008

http://www.capitalnews9.com/content/headlines/?ArID=229975&SecID=33

ALBANY, N.Y. — The Albany Diocese says it has a zero tolerance policy for clergy sexual abuse of minors. The Diocese encourages anyone who, as a minor, was sexually abused by a member of the clergy to report the incident to authorities or the Diocese itself so that the allegation can be investigated and the potential victim assisted.

Cracking down on sexual abuse of minors by clergy

The Albany Diocese says it has a zero tolerance policy for clergy sexual abuse of minors.

One group that provides assistance to church abuse victims is the Survivors' Network of those Abused by Priests or S.N.A.P. Mark Lyman is the upstate coordinator for that organization and joined us Sunday:

"We as an organization, Survivors' Network of those Abused by Priests local and national doesn't feel bishops have worked hard enough to be honest about how many predators there are. We want to change that," said Mark Lyman.

The website bishop accountability dot org has an "abuse tracker" function, where news of this latest inquiry is found.