The head of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP) says Pope Francis' plan to meet with sexually abused victims by clergy in June looks like "a public relations ploy," the Christian Broadcast Network website reports today (May 28, 2014).
SNAP President Barbara Blaine says the pope already has all the information he needs to remove priests who abuse minors and bishops who cover it up.
Francis' upcoming meeting with a half-dozen victims -- which he announced on May 26 -- is being organized by Cardinal Sean O'Malley, the archbishop of Boston.
O'Malley was instrumental in setting up a 2008 meeting between clergy sex-abuse victims and Francis' predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI. Blaine says that meeting did not lead to meaningful action.
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