MEMORIAL DAY IN THE UNITED STATES

Road to Recovery
May 26, 2014

http://www.road-to-recovery.org/

Pope Francis announced on the day we in the United States “remember” those whose lives were lost in war, that he will meet with survivors of clergy sexual abuse even though:

1) It has been revealed that approximately 800 babies’ bodies have been discovered on or near the grounds of a facility for unmarried women and their babies in Tuam, County Galway, Ireland run by the Bon Secours nuns.

2) Bishops who covered up and enabled clergy sexual abuse of hundreds of thousands of children are still in office and administering dioceses all over the world.

3) Sexually abusive priests continue to serve in ministry, have not been defrocked, and pose an ongoing danger to children, teenagers, and vulnerable adults.

Road to Recovery calls on Pope Francis to:

1) Have more than “cosmetic” meetings with survivors of clergy sexual abuse and get down to the real business at hand, such as firing bishops who covered up and enabled sexual abuse, defrocking priests who sexually abused children, encouraging governments to enact legislation that will strengthen laws against pedophiles, calling on local law enforcement agencies to arrest and prosecute any priest or religious person who has broken law or covered up clergy sexual abuse, and providing every resource available to help heal sexual abuse victims.

2) Travel to Tuam, County Galway, Ireland, and preside at the exhumation of every one of the 800 babies who died at what was supposed to be a Catholic home for unmarried women and their babies. He should then meet with every family of those babies and offer them whatever resources they need to heal from the trauma.

3) Close every Catholic institution that houses children, teenagers, or vulnerable adults, even temporarily, until independent investigators complete thorough evaluations of each and every institution and declare them safe for children, teenagers, and vulnerable adults. Road to Recovery, Inc. is a non-profit charity based in New Jersey that assists victims of sexual abuse and their families.

Contacts: Robert M. Hoatson, Ph.D., Road to Recovery, Inc. – 862-368-2800 Attorney Mitchell Garabedian, Boston, MA – 617-523-6250