PROVIDENCE (RI)
WPRO
A support group for victims of sexual abuse by clergy is calling on the Roman Catholic Bishop of Providence to reach out to potential abuse victims who may have attended a Warwick parochial high school.
SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests says two brothers who worked at Bishop Hendricken High School have been ‘credibly accused’ of abuse, and a judge in the bankruptcy filing of their Irish Christian Brothers order has set a deadline of August 1, 2012 for abuse victims to come forward to seek justice and compensation.
“A judge has given victims an August first deadline, by which they must come forward and seek justice and expose predators or else they’re left out in the cold,” said David Clohessy, Executive Director of the St. Louis, Missouri based SNAP.
“We obviously believe that the bishop should err on the side of openness and transparency and child safety, and reach out to anybody who either saw, suspected or suffered any crimes,” said Clohessy.
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