Oh, I'm sure it is!! This is just so.....so........amazing! The documents.....of course......why didn't I ever think of reading Catholic documents?
Tell it to me again.
Just how bad is the Roman Catholic church??
Is any of us really safe?
SNAP Press Statement
For immediate release: Friday, February 11, 2011
Summary of Philadelphia Grand Jury Report 2/11
After a detailed two year investigation, heres what impartial grand jurors found.
The archdiocese
—continues to engage in practices that mislead victims, that violate their trust, that hinder prosecution of their abusers and that leave large numbers of credibly accused priests in ministry
—After more than four months, has still not fully complied with the grand jurys subpoena
—not much has changed since a scathing 2005 report by another grand jury
—has betrayed once again the victims who report to its staffers
The archdiocesan abuse system
—is designed to help the abusers and the archdiocese itself
—is devoid of common sense
—reaches the wrong result in the vast majority of (child sex abuse) cases.
The predatory priests still in ministry (the jurys words)
—dozens of apparent abusers remain on duty in the archdiocese today with access to new young prey
—at least 37 priests with substantial evidence of abuse have been kept in assignments that expose them to children
—at least 41 priests who have remained in active ministry in the past five years after the Archdiocese learned of accusations or reports of their inappropriate behavior or sexual abuse of minors.
—only two of these 41 have been listed on the Archdioceses website as credibly accused, which means the identity of most of these priests remains unknown even to their parishioners.
The so-called victims assistance coordinators
—mislead victims
—do not keep victims statements confidential
—turn over victims statements to archdiocesan attorneys
—handed previously confidential victims records over to the victims abuser
—hound victims to give statements to use as ammunition to impeach victims
Msgr. William Lynn (for years, until 2004, a high ranking chancery staffer)
—put literally thousands of children at risk of sexual abuse by placing them in the care of known child molesters over the past two decades.
—was acutely interested in shielding abusive clergy from criminal detection, in shielding the Cardinal from scandal, and in shielding the Archdiocese from financial liability.
— showed no interest at all in defending the Archdioceses children. On the contrary, he consistently endangered them.
—called his conduct in dealing with abusive priests to be dangerous and indefensible
—knowingly exposed children to predatory priests
— acted as if his job was to protect the abuser, never the abused
—his refusal to curb two known predators led directly to the rape of (two boys)
(SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, is the worlds oldest and largest support group for clergy
abuse victims.)
Sure. All those who have been graced with faith alone in Christ alone.
Read your Bible. Learn the truth.
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