HARTFORD (CT)
Fox 61 News
January 23, 2019
By Matt Caron
In the wake of the renewed scandal of clergy sex abuse at the hands of priests, a local victim’s advocacy group is calling out the Hartford archdiocese for what they call a glaring omission. The group revealed six additional names of catholic officials who, they say, have been credibility accused of child sex abuse.
But “credibly” is the key word. It can be interpreted differently. Of these six names, two have been convicted in other countries, and at least two are facing lawsuits. They’ve all been publicly accused.
SNAP is the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests. They identified:
-Fr. Donal Collins
-Fr. Cornelius T. “Neil” Otero
-Fr. Enrique Vasquez
-Fr. Walter A. Vichas
-Br. Thomas Sawyer
-Br. Michael Benedict Taylor
SNAP claims these names were left off the list of 48 names released Tuesday by the Hartford Archdiocese. SNAP obtained the names from a database called “Bishop Accountability.” Gail Howard is the Co-Founder of SNAP’s Connecticut Chapter, “The database has been around since the Boston revelations in 2002,” she said.
She called the allegedly incomplete list by the diocese a slap in the face to the 60 survivors in her network and to those who’s alleged abusers were not named. “What about them?” asked Howard. Now they feel even less validated than ever.
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