CHICAGO (IL)
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
For immediate release: Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014
Statement by Barbara Blaine, President of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests ( 312 399 4747, SNAPblaine@gmail.com )
It’s distasteful to see Chicago’s top Catholic official plays the “blame game” about a serial pedophile priest, Fr. Daniel McCormack, who severely hurt perhaps dozens of innocent childrenbut would have been stopped much sooner if only Cardinal Francis George and his staff hadn’t covered up.
First, George blames his deceased predecessor.
Then he blames nameless “people” who might have “been more wary.”
Then, he blames his own priests (for electing McCormack to a position).
Then, he blames nameless “offices” involved the investigation of this serial pedophile priests that allegedly “did not consistently share what they knew with each other or with me.”
Then, instead of stepping up and taking responsibility, he conveniently uses the vague third person to say “The response, in retrospect, was not always adequate.”
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