of St. Louis, Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (314 566 9790,314 645 5915 home, davidgclohessy@gmail.com) Minnesota Catholic officials are writing parishioners saying their
parish is being sued because of child sex crimes by Fr. Stanley Bourassa
in the 1960s.
While we don’t know the specifics of this case, here’s what we DO know: Catholic officials should be more honest about these horrific cases. They should use parish bulletins, church websites and pulpit announcements to beg every single individual with information or suspicions about abuse in Catholic entities to step forward and get help from independent sources, and report what they know or fear to the independent professionals in law enforcement, not the biased amateurs in church offices.
http://www.snapnetwork.org/mn_victims_urge_more_honesty_outreach_in_predator_priest_case
.
While we don’t know the specifics of this case, here’s what we DO know: Catholic officials should be more honest about these horrific cases. They should use parish bulletins, church websites and pulpit announcements to beg every single individual with information or suspicions about abuse in Catholic entities to step forward and get help from independent sources, and report what they know or fear to the independent professionals in law enforcement, not the biased amateurs in church offices.
http://www.snapnetwork.org/mn_victims_urge_more_honesty_outreach_in_predator_priest_case
.