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Abuse victim advocates hold press conference outside campus gates, announce complaint against university leader
“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.
SNAP files complaints against Newark's Tobin, 7 other US cardinals, as part of Conclave Watch initiative
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.
Group creates church sex database
The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) launched a database to keep track of cardinals around the world and their records on reporting sexual abuse in the church. The organization hopes the tool will be used when the conclave eventually selects a new pope.
Six cardinals accused of covering up sex abuse in Catholic Church
A bombshell dossier of complaints compiled by groups representing survivors of clerical sex abuse has been handed to the Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state and number two to Pope Francis.
Catholic Church sex abuse survivors launch database vetting cardinals’ records
The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests unveiled “Conclave Watch,’’ a database on cardinals’ records on clergy sex abuse that it hopes will put the issue at the center of consideration whenever the next pope is chosen.