The person previously often called Robert Prevost grew to become the primary American pontiff on Thursday, Might 8. Virtually instantly, he was accused by a gaggle often called the Survivors Community of these Abused by Clergymen – or SNAP – of overlaying up his church’s sins.
In an open letter, the group mentioned Leo’s assumption “highlights the grim actuality underpinning the School of Cardinals – many who voted on this conclave actively shielded abusers, and lots of who can be appointed to the curia beneath this papacy bear related stains.”
The group mentioned they’ve obtained info from survivors and whistleblowers all over the world, and had beforehand warned Pope Francis of Leo’s alleged culpability within the cover-ups.
“As provincial of the Augustinians, Pope Leo XIV allowed Father James Ray, a priest then accused of abusing minors whose ministry had been restricted since 1991, to reside on the Augustinians’ St. John Stone Friary in Chicago in 2000, regardless of its proximity to a Catholic elementary college,” SNAP claimed.
The Chicago-Solar Occasions reported in 2021 that church officers accredited the switch, noting there was “no college within the speedy space.”