Guillaume Marbeck, from left, director Richard Linklater, Zoey Deutch and Aubry Dullin pose for photographers at the photo call for the film ‘Nouvelle Vague’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
, where he was made cardinal.The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, called out alleged abuse by Chicago priests and other clergy in
where it contended the new pope should have done more.Along with a worldwide zero-tolerance law for accused priests, SNAP has called for a global truth commission, survivor reparations and“It is our hope that Pope Leo does the right thing,” Shaun Dougherty, SNAP president, told reporters in Chicago. “It is our gut, in our experience, that says that he will need the pressure.”
Associated Press requests for comment to the Vatican media office Tuesday and its diplomatic representative to the United States didn’t receive immediate replies.No one has accused the new pope of any act of abuse himself or knowingly keeping confirmed abusers in public ministry, which has been the biggest scandal plaguing the Catholic Church recently.
Instead, victims’ advocates said he should have involved authorities earlier, been vocal about accused priests and worked to strip them of their titles. SNAP has been
of how the church has covered for abusers and provided internal communications referencing cases, including in Chicago.A fisherman kicks up spray while shaking out a net on the Quinault River, Tuesday, May 14, 2024, in Taholah, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
A fisherman kicks up spray while shaking out a net on the Quinault River, Tuesday, May 14, 2024, in Taholah, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)The Quinault, historically known as skilled fishers and hunters who traveled the water for trading, ceded millions of acres to the U.S. government more than 150 years ago in exchange for a roughly 200,000-acre reservation on the coast. The tribe was promised peace and a permanent home,
But now a key section is threatened.Taholah is close to the ocean and rests on estuary soils and fill that are infiltrated more easily by saltwater. With tidal ranges that average 9 feet, the sea level rise that is expected to accelerate in coming years will have significant impact, said John Callahan, climate scientist for NOAA.