LOUISIANA
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
For immediate release: Monday, September 08, 2014
Statement by David Clohessy of St. Louis, Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests ( 314 566 9790, davidgclohessy@gmail.com )
Several Louisiana Catholic bishops say they will not release the names of predator priests, despite pledges to be “open and transparent.”
There are four reasons why bishops should disclose the names of proven, admitted and credibly accused child molesting clerics.
First, doing so enables parents, parishioners and the pubic to protect their children.
Second, doing so might enable police and prosecutors to charge, convict and jail dangerous molesters.
Third, doing so enables many victims to feel relieved and comforted.
And fourth, this is what bishops have repeatedly promised to do – to be “open and transparent” about clergy sexual abuse.
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