SAVANNAH (GA)
Savannah Morning News
By Jan Skutch
An Atlanta-area man has told police he was molested as a child by a Catholic priest who was pastor of missions in Pembroke and two others in the Diocese of Savannah, a support group for victims said today.
Leaders of the survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests, SNAP, are asking Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory and Bishop Gregory J. Hartmayer in Savannah to personally visit each place where the Rev. Bob Poandl worked and reach out to any other victims.
They also want Poandl put in a secure treatment center to protect other possible victims.
“Actually he really needs to be in jail,” SNAP official Judy Block Jones said Wednesday. “”We’re really concerned there might be some new victims in that area” of the Savannah Diocese.
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