Comment history for JudyJones

JudyJones  (anonymous) says...

BUT this priest is not that boys dad. This is extremely scary, and to victims who have been sexually abused by priests, this looks very much like a perfect grooming tactic. Hopefully if there are others who have been harmed by Samuel Slocum, they will contact police, not the church officials.
Keep in mind your silence only hurts, and by speaking up there is a chance for healing, exposing the truth, and therefore protecting others.

Judy Jones, SNAP Midwest Associate Director, USA, 636-433-2511
snapjudy@gmail.com
"Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests" and all clergy.
http://www.snapnetwork.org/

JudyJones  (anonymous) says...

I am pretty sure there are several victims of the Youngstown diocese who would disagree with these results.

So if you have knowledge, witnessed, or been harmed by any clergy, employee, teacher, nun, religious brother, or volunteer... please do NOT report it to the diocese, report it to law enforcement. Child sex crimes should be investigated by law enforcement no matter how long ago your abuse happened.

Also, know that you are not alone, and there is help, hope and a chance to heal and protect kids today.

Judy Jones, SNAP Midwest Associate Director, USA, 636-433-2511
snapjudy@gmail.com
"Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests" and all clergy.
http://www.snapnetwork.org/

JudyJones  (anonymous) says...

Celtfire, would you mind contacting me...

Thank you for sharing,

Judy Jones, SNAP Midwest Associate Director,
snapjudy@gmail.com
636-433-2511

JudyJones  (anonymous) says...

Statement by: Judy Jones, SNAP Midwest Associate Director, 636-433-2511, SNAPJudy@gmail.com

Church officials can not always be trusted to have victims and our children’s best interest at heart.

We applaud this brave victim for speaking up and taking action to expose the truth and possibly protecting other children..
Hopefully others who may have knowledge or been harmed by Fr John Warner will have the courage to come forward and report it to police, not church officials.
Those who have been harmed by this priest or any clergy, teacher, or employee in the Youngstown diocese should keep in mind that silence only hurts, and by speaking up there is a chance for healing, exposing the truth, and therefore protecting others.

(SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, is the world’s oldest and largest support group for clergy abuse victims. SNAP was founded in 1988 and has more than 10,000 members. Despite the word “priest” in our title, we have members who were molested by religious figures of all denominations, including nuns, rabbis, bishops, and Protestant ministers. Our website is www.SNAPnetwork.org )

Contacts:
David Clohessy, SNAP Director, (1-314-566-9790 cell, SNAPclohessy@ aol.com),
Judy Jones, SNAP Midwest Associate Director, 636-433-2511, SNAPJudy@gmail.com

JudyJones  (anonymous) says...

What should be a most important change within the Youngstown diocese, is to remove any priests who have been accused of sexual abuse of a minor.

This week Bishop Murry attended their annual USCCB conference, at which time they voted to keep their same child protection policy, even though it is not enforceable that the bishops have to follow their own rules. As we have seen in Philadelphia and Kansas City.

Since the bishops do not hold each other accountable if they do NOT follow their own "child protection policy", and since there is no punishment for bishops and cardinals who do NOT follow their own policy to protect kids, there is only one solution for victims, catholics, parents, and the public to do:

Contact your law enforcement, prosecutors and legislators to investigate and stop church officials who continue to commit crimes of concealment and tampering with evidence, not reporting accusations of abuse to police immediately, not removing accused priests from ministry, and for covering up sex crimes against kids.

This is our only hope for protecting innocent children against child predator clerics.

Even though Bishop Cupich says,
"And that means that we have to take (priest offenders) out of ministry, he said. If not, he said, trust cant be restored"

So does this mean that all the bishops are going to start removing priests who have allegations of sex abuse against them?

Judy Jones, SNAP Midwest Associate Director, 636-433-2511
snapjudy@gmail.com
"Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests"
http://www.snapnetwork.org/

JudyJones  (anonymous) says...

So now that these guidelines from the pope have been handed down to all bishops:

--Will they report accusations against a predator priest to law enforcement now?

--Will bishops remove those accused priests from ministry now?

--Will they remove ALL priests from ministry who have been accused of sexually abusing a child now ?

--Will all bishops treat a victim who is reporting or has reported their abuse with respect, and stop ignoring them, and making them feel re-abused, and take the pope's advice to contact law enforcement and remove priest, employees, or religious from ministry now?

If these church officials do what the pope is suggesting, then we should be seeing an immediate surge of bishops removing accused clergy and making those names public.

Victims and concerned Catholics are waiting.....

Judy Jones, SNAP Midwest Associate Director, 636-433-2511
snapjudy@gmail.com
"Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests"
http://www.snapnetwork.org/

JudyJones  (anonymous) says...

Please take the "Pledge to Protect Kids"

http://www.pledgetoprotectkids.org/

Judy Jones, SNAP Midwest Associate Director, 636-433-2511
snapjudy@gmail.com
"Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests"
http://www.snapnetwork.org/

JudyJones  (anonymous) says...

The Youngstown diocese has a bad track record for supporting victims, removing accused priests, reporting abuse to police, and protecting children.

The priest who is speaking in this TV news video is blinded by what the diocese officials are claiming, or he is not telling the truth.
http://www.wfmj.com/global/video/flas...

They do not report accusations to police first and foremost, and they do not have a zero tolerance for accused priests who are still working in this diocese.

So we urge anyone who has knowledge or may have been harmed by a priest, nun, teacher, bishop, brother, or employee in this diocese, to contact law enforcement, or an attorney, not church officials. Sexual crimes, however old, should be investigated by the independent professionals in law enforcement, not the biased amateurs in church offices.

Keep in mind your silence only hurts, but by speaking up there is a chance for healing, exposing the truth, and therefore protecting others.

Also, know that you are not alone, there are thousands of victim who understand your pain.

Judy Jones, SNAP Midwest Associate Director, 636-433-2511
snapjudy@gmail.com
"Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests"
http://www.snapnetwork.org/

JudyJones  (anonymous) says...

Thank you Jerry, for your courage and for reaching out to other victims in the Youngstown area.

Judy Jones, SNAP Midwest Associate Director, 636-433-2511
snapjudy@gmail.com
"Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests"
http://www.snapnetwork.org/

JudyJones  (anonymous) says...

Pope calls on Catholic church to 'repair injustice' of sexual abuse; SNAP responds

Statement by Lucy Duckworth, SNAP England, SNAPEngland@gmail.com +44 780 505 7270

Others can “reflect” on the causes of the church’s widespread clergy sex abuse and cover up scandal. But the Pope must act.

Every day that passes without decisive papal action, children somewhere are being molested by priests. Every papal statement that is issued without corresponding action is an opportunity squandered.

There’s a reason clergy sex crimes are being uncovered “to a degree” Benedict says “we could not have imagined.” It’s a simple reason. It’s because he won’t insist that his bishops investigate the cover ups within their dioceses. And it’s because too few governments have the courage to do what the Irish government did: launch its own investigation.

It was encouraging last week to learn that Northern Ireland will soon start such a probe. We call on every European nation to undertake a similar project, so that child molesting clerics and their corrupt colleagues and supervisors will be publicly exposed and children will be safer.

(SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, is the world’s oldest and largest support group for clergy abuse victims. We’ve been around for 22 years and have more than 10,000 members. Despite the word “priest” in our title, we have members who were molested by religious figures of all denominations, including nuns, rabbis, bishops, and Protestant ministers. Our website is SNAPnetwork.org)

Contact David Clohessy (314-566-9790 cell, SNAPclohessy@aol.com), Barbara Blaine (312-399-4747, SNAPblaine@gmail.com), Peter Isely (414-429-7259, Barbara Dorris (314-862-7688 home, 314-503-0003 cell, SNAPdorris@gmail.com)

Judy Jones, SNAP Midwest Associate Director, 636-433-2511, snapjudy@gmail.com