Basketball Coach Charged with Child Sexual Abuse, SNAP Responds

SNAP
May 30, 2014

http://www.snapnetwork.org/nj_basketball_coach_charged_with_child_sexual_abuse_snap_responds

A former New Jersey youth basketball coach and school administrator was charged with child sexual abuse. The Newark Archdiocese has vowed to cooperate. We hope that is true and we hope the Archdiocese provides outreach to victims.

[nj.com]

John Mercado was a longtime youth sports coach and he worked at three different schools. We want Catholic officials to be open and honest with the public about where Mercado worked.

Archbishop John Myers should visit every parish Mercado worked and beg anyone who saw, suspected, or suffered child sex crimes to come forward and report to secular officials.