"SNAP has no credibility whatsoever," Dolan said. “To respond to charges like that that are groundless and scurrilous in my book is useless and counterproductive.”Working his best to keep the story alive, Dolan denies a proposal that seems to have gone forward during his leadership. Wait, we have it from a court filing. Is the document the Catholic Church provided a fake? Is that what he's claiming? Doubtful.
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Dolan’s comments Sunday seemed to contradict a statement made to WNYC by a spokesman for the Archdiocese of New York last week, which said that the cardinal "has read and supports the statement from the Archdiocese of Milwaukee."
Is he saying the program never went forward? He doesn't say as much.
Does he deny he knew about any of this, or fall back on the old faulty memory syndrome? Not here he doesn't.
Is he withdrawing what his spokesman said? WNYC said they didn't get a response here.
The best answer he has is "Snap has no credibility whatsoever."? Good work. Attack the victims! Unleash the hounds. Works every time.
Groundless and scurrilous charges? When they are based on an internal church document? That's a ground, sure as there's earth beneath all mortals' feet.
Update to: DOLAN'S 20K PAYOFFS TO ACCUSED PRIESTS
Can Cardinal Dolan please tell us what the difference is between the word 'payoff' and 'charity'..?
ReplyDeleteThese child predators should have been fired, without pay, and sent to police.. they committed crimes against innocent kids.
BTW, SNAP is a 'we' organization. with over 12,000 members who mostly have been sexually abused by clergy. So is Dolan saying that all of these victims "have NO credibility whatsoever"? That is extremely sad.
Judy Jones, SNAP Midwest Associate Director, 636-433-2511
snapjudy@gmail.com
(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 12,000 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 and increasingly, victims who were assaulted in a wide range of institutional settings like summer camps, athletic programs, Boy Scouts, etc. Our website is SNAPnetwork.org).
Thanks, Judy, I agree.
ReplyDeleteIt's an abuse of dignity to discredit the victims. By diminishing them, they maintain an air of superiority. Who are these upstarts to think they can go against us? Unfortunately the tactic is right out of the church's old playbook, and renders statements about doing the right thing null.
We have an "authority" against the individuals. The officials bank on their institutional positions to defend the church at all costs. This constitutes a double damage, and reinforces the original crime.
The man had time to think about what he would say, and this is what he came up with, therefore it was a planned attack on your organization.