5 more names of credibly accused clergy highlighted by local SNAP chapter

SAN ANTONIO (TX)
News 4 San Antonio

March 8, 2019

By Jim Lefko

Four more names surfaced today of men who may have abused children while they were living in San Antonio. The former clerics were identified by the local chapter of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, Each had previously been accused of abuse elsewhere.

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SNAP also identified a fifth former cleric who has been credibly accused of abuse who is currently living in San Antonio.

“There’s four names that we have found that are credibly accused clergy not on the official list that was released (by the Archdiocese of San Antonio) on Jan. 31 that we feel are a risk to the community,” said Patti Koo, leader of the local SNAP chapter “We know now, the church cannot police itself.”

The four men accused in other cities are Gerald Funcheon, Joseph Gutierrez-Cervantes, Michael Charland and Robert Koerner, who is dead.

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