Accused priests list goes online
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania --
Marie Whitehead is placing their names in cyberspace for all to see.
The 58-year-old Philadelphian is trying to track down all the Catholic priests from the Philadelphia Archdiocese accused of sexual abuse. She hopes the public will view a list of the priests' names on a Web site and come forward with information on their whereabouts.
Then she'll match the names of those still living to the neighborhoods in which they live on her organization's Web site: the Philadelphia Chapter of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests and Other Clergy.
The names of convicted sex offenders are available on public registries like Megan's Law. The names of accused priests who have never been convicted are not readily available. And that's why Web sites like http://www.snapphila.org/ and http://www.bishop-accountability.org/ are cropping up with lists of names verified by the media, Whitehead said.
Those Web sites are not exclusive to the Catholic Church, but include other denominations and religions in which similar abuse has occurred.
Read the article at phillyBurbs.com Dated August 4, 2005
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Marie Whitehead is placing their names in cyberspace for all to see.
The 58-year-old Philadelphian is trying to track down all the Catholic priests from the Philadelphia Archdiocese accused of sexual abuse. She hopes the public will view a list of the priests' names on a Web site and come forward with information on their whereabouts.
Then she'll match the names of those still living to the neighborhoods in which they live on her organization's Web site: the Philadelphia Chapter of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests and Other Clergy.
The names of convicted sex offenders are available on public registries like Megan's Law. The names of accused priests who have never been convicted are not readily available. And that's why Web sites like http://www.snapphila.org/ and http://www.bishop-accountability.org/ are cropping up with lists of names verified by the media, Whitehead said.
Those Web sites are not exclusive to the Catholic Church, but include other denominations and religions in which similar abuse has occurred.
Read the article at phillyBurbs.com Dated August 4, 2005
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