Thursday, June 01, 2006

Belleville Police Interest in Priest Welcomed by SNAP

On Monday, Belleville Police Chief Dave Ruebhausen said he will send a detective to meet with leaders of the St. Henry Oblate Retirement Home on North 60th Street that houses [Rev Real]Bourque.
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"We welcome the (police) chief's concern and involvement," Dorris said. "At the same time, the idea of having a fellow priest travel with Bourque is simply unworkable. That's been promised and tried dozens of times before with disastrous results."
Barbara Dorris is the outreach director for the St. Louis-based Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP).

Of course, Dave Clohessy keeps trying to place responsibility for resolving the issue on Bishop Braxton:
In a letter dated Tuesday asking Belleville Bishop Edward Braxton to meet with SNAP members, national director Dave Clohessy wrote, "Over the past few weeks we have repeatedly asked you to rectify this very dangerous situation but you have chosen to act like a cold-hearted CEO, claiming you are powerless to control a priest in your diocese...."
Clohessy still doesn't get it. I wonder if he complains to Burger King for his issues with McDonalds?

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