Advocates for Church Sexual Abuse Victims Urge Dolan to Address Payments Allegations

NY1
June 5, 2012

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An advocacy group for survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy once again called on Cardinal Timothy Dolan to explain reports that he authorized payments to priests accused of sexual abuse in exchange for them leaving the church.

Two members of the group Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP) protested outside St. Patrick's Cathedral on Tuesday. They say Dolan concealed the payments from the public while he was the Archbishop of Milwaukee.

On Sunday, Dolan said the suggestion that the payments were payoffs for troubled priests was groundless and said the money was "charity."