Abuse victims oppose pick for new House chaplain
The nation's leading advocacy group for victims of clergy sexual
abuse is opposing an Oregon Jesuit's bid to serve as House chaplain,
saying he failed to follow up on alleged abuse 25 years ago.
The
Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) said Patrick Conroy
should have contacted the police and followed up with his archbishop
when nothing happened to the accused priest.
Conroy was nominated
by House Speaker John Boehner with the support of minority leader Nancy
Pelosi to be the second consecutive Catholic, and first Jesuit, to serve
as House chaplain.
