KANSAS CITY (MO)
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
For immediate release: Friday, Nov. 7, 2013
Statement by Barbara Dorris of St. Louis, Outreach Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests ( 314 862 7688 home, 314 503 0003 cell, SNAPdorris@gmail.com )
A cleric at a Kansas City Catholic school has been fired allegedly because of one ‘suspicious’ and sexual picture on a school computer, church officials say. We are troubled and skeptical.
[Fox4kc]
Again, Bishop Robert Finn and his staff delayed in telling police and the public about the disturbing photo.
Again, Bishop Robert Finn and his staff told the smallest number of people possible about the report of suspected sexual crimes – only the current parents of the school.
Again, Bishop Robert Finn and his staff are withholding key information. They refuse to say whether there have been other reports of sexual misdeeds or crimes by Brother Richard Geimer, a Christian brother who spent 28 years as a teacher and principal at Archbishop O’Hara High School.
It’s also troubling that Fox 4 TV reports that the photo was found on Oct. 25 – two weeks ago.
[Fox4kc]
And it appears that Catholic church and school officials did not voluntarily disclose this allegation to the public. It seems that journalists obtained a copy of a letter sent by the school to parents of current students.
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