SNAP officials decry Youngstown Diocese appointments

Vindicator
June 17, 2014

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YOUNGSTOWN

Judy Jones, Midwest associate director of SNAP, voiced the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests’ objection to two recent appointments by Bishop George V. Murry of the Diocese of Youngstown.

Jones, along with Jerry Arnal, SNAP Youngstown leader, and Steven Spaner, SNAP Australia coordinator, talked to the media Tuesday afternoon near the diocesan office at 144 W. Wood St.

SNAP criticized the appointments of Monsignor John Zuraw as chancellor, replacing Nancy Yuhasz, who is retiring; and Joseph Kenneally, who was principal of John F. Kennedy High School Lower Campus in Warren, to principal of the high school.

Jones claimed Monsignor Zuraw, director of the Permanent Diaconate program in the diocese, had to know about allegations of sexual abuse against a teacher who became a deacon and previously was at Cardinal Mooney High School. Arnal asserted he had been abused by this deacon, who has since left the high school. Arnal talked about the alleged abuse last August; SNAP also said it was contacted by another person accusing the deacon of abuse.

Read more about the controversy and the diocese's response in Wednesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.