SA - SNAP Applauds Victims in Chile for Coming Forward

By David Clohessy
SNAP
November 29, 2012

http://www.snapnetwork.org/sa_snap_applauds_victims_in_chile_for_coming_forward

We applaud these three brave men for seeking justice and exposing wrongdoing. When child sex abuse victims sue because horrors have been committed and concealed, they help deter future horrors and cover ups.

We hope this move will inspire others who saw, suspected or suffered clergy sex crimes to step forward and pursue justice and prevention in secular courts, not in church offices.

And we are appalled that a Catholic official claims that this enormous, ancient, world-wide institution allegedly lacks the resources to compensate victims. That is simply a lie.