SNAP
of Tennessee
Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests - Tennessee
MIDDLE TENNESSEE - Nashville, Clarksville . . . . .
Nashville . . . . Clarksville
Alert: David Kelley, accused priest, living in Clarksville, Tennessee
A
priest child abuser lives Hunter's Point in
Clarksville, Tennessee! Kelley moved in to Hunter's Point in
February 2004. He is still there today.
Update: September 14, 2005- David Kelley is moving. We will keep you posted when information becomes available.
Click here for information from the Leaf Chronicle article by Angela Sachitano.
Click here to see contents of flyer passed out in the neighborhood where a child-molesting priest lives.
Click here to read the letter faxed today to the bishop of Nashville by SNAP of Tennessee.
Click here to read a statement directly from the lawyer in Ohio who wants you to know how dangerous David Kelley is.
INFORMATION ON THIS ISSUE - Tracing the David Kelley situation.
Cincinnati news expose on Kelley and the Archbishop - 02/04/05
SNAP calls for Ohio archbishop to resign -01/21/05
Ohio Diocese denies cover-up - Kelley in Hunter's Point - 01/19/05
Cover-up in Ohio? Accused priest moves to Clarksville neighborhood - 01/18/05
Priest still in good standing in the church - 08/22/03
Charges filed in priest sex abuse case - 09/04/03
Priest found in violation of other orders - 09/12/03
| Here is what the Dallas Charter of 2002 (which is the benchmark for protection of children, teens, and vulnerable adults from clergy abuse) says about transfering abusive clergy. Click here for the complete document. | ARTICLE 14. No
priest or deacon who has committed an act of sexual abuse of a minor
may be transferred for ministerial assignment to another
diocese/eparchy or religious province. Before a priest or deacon can be
transferred for residence to another diocese/eparchy or religious
province, his bishop/eparch or religious ordinary shall forward, in a
confidential manner, to the local bishop/eparch and religious ordinary
(if applicable) of the proposed place of residence any and all
information concerning any act of sexual abuse of a minor and any other
information that he has been or may be a danger to children or young
people. (Cf. National Conference of Catholic Bishops and Conference of
Major Superiors of Men, Proposed Guidelines on the Transfer or Assignment of Clergy and Religious, 1993.) |
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If you would like SNAP to sponsor a meeting in Clarksville to address issues of child protection, please click here and let us know.
Suit against Nashville Catholic church can proceed, court says
Tuesday 01/18/05
Two young men who said they were molested as boys by former priest Edward McKeown have won the right to go forward with their lawsuit against the Diocese of Nashville, the Tennessee Supreme Court held today.
The unanimous decision sets legal precedent for finding reckless infliction of emotional distress and allows the victims to continue to seek $68 million from the diocese.
The two were abused from 1994 to 1998, after meeting McKeown in a mobile home park were he lived after being forced to leave the priesthood in 1989.
McKeown is serving a 25-year-prison sentence for molestation.
Click here to access the Tennessee Supreme Court ruling from the Supreme Court website.
Click here to access the Tennessee Supreme Court ruling in PDF format.
Click here to access the Tennessee Supreme Court ruling in HTML format.
Information links about Lawsuit
Links to information on lawsuit against Nashville Diocese for finding reckless infliction of emotional distress for the abuse of Edward J. McKeown.
- Nashville Tennessean article 01/19/05 Court okays suit against diocese
- Click here to view the lawsuit in PDF format.
- Click here to access the Tennessee Supreme Court Opinion page.
- Court opinion given 01/18/05 in PDF format
- Article published in Nashville Tennessee 01/20/00
Media coverage
Article on credibly accused priests in the Nashville diocese.
SNAP action in Middle Tennessee
Letter to Bishop Kmeic/Administrator of the diocese of Nashville, October 16, 2004.
Paul St. Charles - preferred pedophile priest
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