2009 News & Events

Not what he hoped for

St. Louis woman was exploited by "predator priest"

Today's New York Times reports that a former St. Louis priest, now in active parish m inistry in Wisconsin, sexually exploited a Catholic parishioner, impreganted her twice, essentially ignored the child he fathered, More>>

New records show "Playboy to Priest" lived in mid-MO

New court records show that a notorious, nationally-known author and predator priest, Fr. Kenneth J. Roberts, lived in the Jefferson City Diocese. More>>

Clergy sex abuse victims want "outreach" to "others in pain"

Earlier this year, the northwest Jesuit Province sought bankruptcy More>>

Sex abuse victim's father speaks out for first time

At news conferences in New Jersey on Monday, a Boonville native, Dr. Mark McAllister, spoke publicly for the first time about his suffering at the hands of a predator priest, Fr. Gerald Howard. Ten days ago, SNAP disclosed that McAllister had More>>

Priest nabbed in FBI sting pleads not guilty

ST. LOUIS • The priest accused in an FBI sex sting last week pleaded not guilty on Monday.

The Rev. James Patrick Grady, 57, pastor of St. Raphael the Archangel Catholic Church in south St. Louis, was arrested Wednesday after allegedly agreeing to pay $80 for oral sex from a 16-year-old girl. Grady was responding to an online ad offering young girls, federal court documents say.  Post Dispatch Story

Carlson apologizes at accused priest's parish

By Valerie Schremp Hahn
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
08/02/2009

St. Louis Archbishop Robert J. Carlson apologized to about 350 parishioners who gathered for Mass at St. Raphael the Archangel Catholic Church late Saturday afternoon in the wake of their pastor's arrest on sex charges. Post Dispatch Story

St. Louis Priest Accused of Soliciting Sex With Teenager
FBI Says James Patrick Grady Is One of Three Men Nabbed in Sting
By George SellsStaff reporter
July 30, 2009
ST. LOUIS, MO ( KPLR ) - A St. Louis area priest is charged with trying to pay for sex from a sixteen year old girl. However, FBI agents say the "girl" he was communicating with was actually an undercover agent.

The U.S. Attorney's office says James Patrick Grady responded Wednesday to an ad on the internet placed by undercover agents.

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Statement by Barbara Dorris of St. Louis, Outreach Director of SNAP

The Post Dispatch is reporting - in a lengthy, on-line story - that St. Louis' new archbishop "acknowledges that he didn't report" admitted child sex crimes committed by "one of the country's most notorious pedophile priests" to authorities.
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Support group forming for sex abuse victims

Organization to hold meeting next week in Columbia

Goal is to help heal those wounded by authority figures

"We're a confidential self help group working to MORE>

"Epidemic of sex abuse in catholic Ireland" Statement from SNAP

Statement by David Clohessy of St. Louis Missouri (USA), director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests MORE>>

SNAP says SLU shelters sex offenders, challenges Sam Simon

Two African Americans who were molested by a Catholic priest who is now sheltered at Saint Louis University’s Jesuit Hall More>>

SNAP wants debate at SLU over predators

For months, SNAP has urged SLU President Lawrence Biondi to disclose the names of all current and former predatory university employees, especially MORE>>

Rev. Osborne disciplined by Archdiocese

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Bishops admit that child sex abuse reports
are up, SNAP responds:

We're saddened but not surprised that Catholic officials continue to focus strictly on predator priests while ignoring More>>

Troubling questions about a priest at St. Peter's parish in Kirkwood, Fr. Robert Osborne

In Feb. 2006, when Osborne was first sued for child sexual abuse, Marianist spokesperson Diane Guerra said "The Vianney principal has taken over for Rev. Osborne MORE>>

Osborne Fact Sheet

Isn’t there just one accuser?
Last November’s Post Dispatch reports two accusers. And a third has come forward recently and filed a police report.
Was only sexual abuse alleged?
No, several boys reported that... MORE>>

Clergy sex abuse victims & Catholics to hold vigil

A priest who was convicted for molesting a Baltimore child now works for Cardinal Francis George, MORE>>

Sex abuse victims seek Cardinal’s resignation

Because of recent disclosures about “several pedophile priests and corrupt supervisors” in his archdiocese, clergy sex abuse victims are asking Chicago’s Cardinal Francis George to resign as head of the US bishops MORE>>

Clergy sex group appeals to NYC Cardinal

Last month, the Manhattan DA’s office disclosed that ten men have now accused a high-profile, politically-connected priest, Msgr. Wallace A. Harris, of molesting them... MORE>>

Please protect your kids!

Help wounded victims of child sex abuse, and
Get a convicted predator off the archdiocesan payroll

Why we’re here:
Yesterday, the Sun Times disclosed that a controversial, convicted child-molesting clergyman
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Sex abuse victims to leaflet at cathedral

Today, the Sun Times disclosed that a controversial, convicted child-molesting clergyman is back in Chicago, MORE>>