ST. LOUIS (MO)
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
Posted by David Clohessy on August 07, 2012
■SNAP will try to hand deliver letter to head of nuns’ group
■They want names of predatory Catholic sisters posted on line
■And victims urge nuns – “Don’t investigate crimes internally”
■An independent source cites at least 77 sexually abusive women religious
WHAT:
Holding signs and childhood pictures, outside a hotel where Catholic nuns are meeting, clergy sex abuse victims will hold a news conference, urging the sisters to post, on their websites,
— notices urging victims and witnesses to report child sex crimes to police, not church officials, and
–the names, photos and whereabouts of proven, admitted and credibly accused child molesting nuns on church websites.
They will also prod nuns to
–stop requiring gag orders when civil lawsuits against abusive nuns are settled, and
–actively reach out to victims of nun abuse
They will try to hand deliver a letter to the head of the nuns’ organization expressing frustration over the unwillingness of Catholic sisters to take proactive steps to address nuns’ sex crimes, heal the wounded and protect the vulnerable.
WHEN:
Tuesday, August 7,—-1:00 p.m.
WHERE:
Outside the Millennium Hotel, 200 S. Fourth (between Clark & Walnut) in downtown St. Louis.
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