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	Clergy Sex Victims Call for Paraguay President Resignation Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests April 23, 2009 http://www.snapnetwork.org/snap_statements/2009_statements/042309_clergy_sex_ victims_call_for_paraguay_president_resignation.htm Statement by David Clohessy of St. Louis, national director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (314 566 9790 cell, 314 645 5915 home) Given the new allegations that Paraguay's president Lugo has fathered two more children, we respectfully but firmly urge him to step down. The mother of the child Lugo admits fathering says she was 16 at the time he sexually exploited her. That alone should disqualify him from public office. We are also highly skeptical of the claim by Paraguay's bishops conference that the country's Catholic hierarchy knew nothing of Lugo's sexual misdeeds. It's noteworthy that the denial issued by the bishops says they received no "written" reports of Lugo's misconduct. We strongly suspect that in this case, as in so many others involving predatory priests and bishops, Lugo's colleagues either suspected or knew he was exploiting women but ignored or concealed the misdeeds. (See earlier SNAP statement below.) (SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, is the nation's oldest and largest support group for clergy abuse victims. We've been around for 20 years and have more than 8,000 members across the country. Despite the word "priest" in our title, we have members who were molested by religious figures of all denominations, including nuns, rabbis, bishops, and Protestant ministers. Our website is SNAPnetwork.org) Contact David Clohessy (314-566-9790 cell), Barbara Blaine (312-399-4747), Peter Isely (414-429-7259)
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