SEATTLE (WA)
My Northest
BY Stephanie Klein on November 1, 2012
O’Dea High School’s principal has resigned after accusations of sexual abuse.
Brother Karl Walczak is accused of sexual abuse of a minor in another diocese in the 1970s.
Advocate group, Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP), says O’Dea and the Archdiocese are trying to cover up the alleged abuse.
John Shuster, Seattle co-director of SNAP, explains that Brother Walczak, although he answers to Archbishop Sartain, is not a priest of the Archdiocese. He belongs to a religious order.
“We don’t have a very high estimation of Archbishop Sartain’s judgment and actions in these types of situations,” Shuster tells KIRO Radio’s Ross and Burbank Show.
“One of the reasons we’re so concerned about this is because when men cross a line and attack kids and don’t stop, there are usually more victims out there.”
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