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	Close the Purses National Survivor Advocates Coalition December 15, 2009 http://www.nsacoalition.org/2009/12/15/close-the-purses/ National Survivor Advocates Coalition Calls for “Closing of the Purses” In Ireland Cites US Experience of Bishops Fighting Victims For Immediate Release – 12/15/09 The National Survivor Advocates Coalition (NSAC) calls on our Irish cousins to close their purses until they receive a satisfactory response from their local bishops and the pope for the rape and sodomy of innocent Irish children. The pope and bishops are quick to use words such as “shamed,” “shocked,” or “horrified” and will make hollow apologies and promises of improved programs to protect children. All of this is done to placate the initial distaste of the average Catholic in the pew. In reality they will quickly tell you the abuse crisis is “history” as did the current President of the Unites States Conference of Catholic Bishops. They will fight victims and survivors at every step of their search for justice. They will write their own policies and they will offer to police themselves. They will roll out “independent audits” using surveys and checklists designed by none other than the bishops themselves. Not one bishop will resign or be fired for his inaction in protecting children or for his own involvement in transferring abusive priests, thereby aiding and abetting sexual predators. They will destroy documents or ignore court directives to release files on abusive priests. They will provide zero pastoral care to these children (now adults) who served the priests at the altar or were their students in theology class. Now is the time to take the only action the bishops and pope understand. Withdraw the cash these bishops will use to fight survivors, to hire expensive lawyers and public relations firms. Stop the cash flowing to the pope who personally developed some of the existing Church polices when he was Prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Sadly, this is the legacy of Benedict XVI and the Roman Catholic bishops of America. Contact: NSAC 937-272-0308
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