MISSOURI
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
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Files released on two predator priests
Each abused in CA but spent time in MO
They’re with a St. Louis-based religious order
But each worked in the Cape Girardeau diocese
Victims blast MO Catholic officials for “continued secrecy”
SNAP to prelates: “Reach out to others who may be in pain”
Almost 250 pages of records about two predator priests who worked in southern Missouri have just been released and a support group for clergy sex abuse victims is urging three bishops to “reach out” to others who may have been hurt by them.
One priest worked at a college and a parish in Cape Girardeau. The other worked primarily in eastern Missouri but also spent time in Cape Girardeau.
Both Fr. John Edward Ruhl and Fr. John V. “Jack” Farris belonged to the St. Louis-based western region of the Vincentians but spent much of their careers in California, where child sex abuse suits were filed against them.
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