“We chose to announce seven new complaints on U.S. cardinals at Seton Hall because of the ongoing catastrophe that only continues because Cardinal Tobin refuses to do the right thing: come clean about what happened, release the report from the 2019 investigation, and make the necessary corrections to ensure what happened in the past can never happen again,” Pearson said.

According to SNAP, the complaints are urging the Vatican to investigate the cardinals mishandling of abuse cases. The group says Cardinal Tobin played a central role in what they say is the ongoing suppression of results of an abuse investigation commissioned by the university.