Winona Diocese on Brink of Bankruptcy, SNAP Responds

SNAP
October 7, 2014

http://www.snapnetwork.org/mn_winona_diocese_on_brink_of_bankruptcy_snap_responds

The Diocese of Winona may declare bankruptcy, according to documents released today.

It’s a selfish cop-out when Catholic institutions misuse the Chapter 11 process to protect their secrets and deny child sex abuse victims a chance to expose predators in court.

This isn’t about protecting church assets. It’s about protecting the power and reputations of powerful church officials who desperately want to keep their complicity in child sex cases under wraps.

We hope every single man, woman and child who is being or has been molested by Catholic clerics steps forward, calls police and protects others.