Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests

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LISBON, PORTUGAL — After the extraordinary revelations – and the sense of hope – that came from the independent commission set up almost four years ago to ...

WILMINGTON, DE — A jury returned guilty verdicts against a former Wilmington Catholic school teacher accused of raping a student in the ’90s.

After fewer than four days of trial, a jury on Oct. 22 retuned guilty verdicts against Christopher Crisona for each of the multiple felonies he faced tied to claims he repeatedly raped a student at the school in ...

COLUMBIA, SC — A Christian worship singer has been hit with a nine-count federal indictment.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina said in an Oct. 21 news release that 54-year-old Richard Channing Shealy was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges for producing, distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material.

MONTROSE, CO — The former senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Montrose was arrested in connection with a case involving child sexual abuse, the church announced.

Benjamin Garate is no longer employed by the church and was removed from all pastoral duties and leadership responsibilities,

Official portrait of Bishop Gelineau

PROVIDENCE, RI — A new lawsuit alleges that Bishop Louis E. Gelineau, the former leader of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, raped an altar boy at St. Luke’s Church in Barrington in the 1980s.

The alleged victim, now 56, said he had not talked about his experience before. “Who’s going to believe a 13-year-ol...