Africa--Victims to Congo bishops: Do outreach about priest murder case

By David Clohess
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
April 8, 2015

http://www.snapnetwork.org/africa_victims_to_congo_bishops_do_outreach_about_priest_murder_case

A Congo priest is a suspect in a murder in Italy. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/gay-orgies-and-murder-scandals-engulf-vatican-10162394.html   

We urge Congo bishops to

--share what they know about Fr. Gratien Alabi with law enforcement officials, and

--use their “bully pulpits” to tell parishioners to do likewise.

We call on Catholic officials in Congo and Italy to take aggressive steps to help secular officials solve this alleged crime and other crimes by church personnel or in church facilities. We urge priests and bishops to show real compassion and courage - by using pulpit announcements, church bulletins, parish websites and other resources - to prod victims, witnesses and whistleblowers to step forward and call police and prosecutors when crimes are committed or suspected in churches.

For the safety of others, we urge everyone – Catholics and non-Catholics - to share what they may know about Fr. Gratien Alabi.

If innocent children and vulnerable adults are to be safer, inside and outside of churches, parishioners should be aggressively prodded to overcome their fears, break their silence and call law enforcement with even the slightest bit of information they may have about crimes and possible crimes.