Save the Children: STOP Sexual Predator Pedophile Priests. STOP Covering Up Sexual Abuse. Demand Accountability from Catholic Church Leaders. Now.

“I cannot imagine a more grievous abuse of power with more soul-crushing consequences than for a spiritual leader to use his or her authority as a representative of God to sexually abuse and assault a child."

Enough. From the headlines:

• Baltimore Sun: High-Ranking Priests Who Covered Up Sexual Abuse of Children Continue In Catholic Church Clergy Roles In Archdiocese of Baltimore; Newspaper’s Investigation Prompts Victims' Advocates to Demand Ouster of Archbishop
• Hundreds of Victims of Catholic Clergy Sexual Abuse to Sue Archdiocese of Baltimore, Civil Rights Attorney Benjamin Crump Announces
• Pope Francis Says Priests Who Sexually Abuse Children Must Be Viewed As "Children of God"; They Deserve Condemnation and Punishment, Francis Tells Fellow Jesuits, But Also "Pastoral Care " (With all due respect, Pontiff, if a sexual predator pedophile priest molested one of MY sons, I absolutely would not view him as any “child of God” who deserves compassionate “pastoral care.”)
• Report Details Six Decades of Horrific Sexual Abuse, Torture of Children at the Hands of Maryland Clergy
• Jury awards $95M to man who accused Rochester-area priest of child abuse
• Jesuit resigns from pope's clergy abuse commission, criticizing group's leadership, faulting its failings in "responsibility, compliance, accountability and transparency"

Fight back. STOP the sexual torture of our children at the hands of sexual predator pedophile priests. Demand accountability from Church leaders. Read more: Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests .

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