Group Representing Victims of Sex Abuse Apologizes for Dubbing a Group of Clergy the "Dirty Dozen', Including Ouellet

Global News
March 8, 2013

http://www.globalnews.ca/group+representing+victims+of+sex+abuse+apologizes+for+dubbing+a+group+of+clergy+the+dirty+dozen+including+ouellet/6442824078/story.html


A U-S based group representing victims of sexual abuse by priests is apologizing for offending Catholics by referring to a group of clergy as the "Dirty Dozen."

The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests issued a list yesterday called the "Dirty Dozen."

It included Quebec`s Cardinal Marc Ouellet, considered a serious contender to become the next Pope.

The group says it put Ouellet on the list because it claims he refused to meet with sex-abuse victims.

The "Dirty Dozen" reference comes from a 1967 film of the same name that features 12 convicts assigned to a raid on a German-filled chateau during the Second World War.

But a spokesman for the church says the reference is highly offensive because the translation in French includes a crude word.

David Clohessy of the Survivors Network says the group apologizes if anyone was offended.

But he hopes everyone will focus on the bigger issue of those who suffered abuse at the hands of clergy.

Read it on Global News: Global News | Group representing victims of sex abuse apologizes for dubbing a group of clergy the 'Dirty Dozen', including Ouellet