FORT WAYNE (IN)
Journal Gazette
March 13, 2019
By Rosa Salter Rodriguez
Survivors organization adds 10 men with local ties
The Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests has released the names of 10 men accused of sexually abusing minors who served or spent time in the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend but are not on its list of credibly accused clerics.
The organization, also known as SNAP, released the names during a news conference Tuesday in front of the diocese’s former chancery at 1103 S. Calhoun St.
All the men were credibly accused of acts outside the local diocese but spent time here, said David Clohessy, a SNAP organizer who released the list.
Five are deceased, he said. Some alleged abuse dates to the 1950s, while the most recent case came to light about three months ago, he said.
Clohessy said the list was compiled with a few hours of online research of publicly available internet postings. Many names came from www.bishop-accountability.org, a comprehensive abuse tracker.
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