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  • Group pushes for top U.S. bishop to stop priests from suing false accusers

    08/31/2002 8:30:23 AM PDT · by Diago · 7 replies · 112+ views
    The Cleveland Plain Dealer ^ | August 31, 2002 | Tom Breckenridge
    Group pushes for top U.S. bishop to stop priests from suing accusers 08/31/02 Tom Breckenridge Plain Dealer Reporter A group representing those who say they have been sexually abused by priests is calling on the nation's top bishop to stop priests from suing their accusers. In Cleveland and four other dioceses, priests have filed defamation lawsuits against their accusers. The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, known as SNAP, calls it a "brutal legal tactic" that will discourage other victims from coming forward. SNAP wants Bishop Wilton Gregory, head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, to end the...