ST. LOUIS (MO)
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
For immediate release: Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014
For more information: David Clohessy of St. Louis, SNAP Director (314) 566-9790 cell, SNAPclohessy@aol.com
Archbishop loses at appeals court
Victim is “a step closer” to getting 115 accused predators’ names
St. Louis’ Catholic archbishop lost his bid today to overturn a judge’s ruling so he will soon have to turn over to a young woman and her lawyer the names of accused church employees who are credibly accused of molesting kids.
The decision means that St. Louis Judge Robert Dierker’s original order stands and Archbishop Robert Carlson must give the names to an alleged victim and her attorney, Ken Chackes of St. Louis.
Carlson has successfully delayed the disclosure for more than seven months. Carlson’s legal conduct, Dierker wrote, “borders on if not amounts to contempt.”
Leaders of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, are applauding the ruling.
“We are grateful that this brave young woman is persisting and that the appeals court says Catholic officials must follow the same rules as other defendants in child sex abuse cases,” said David Clohessy of St. Louis, SNAP’s director.
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