Verdicts & Settlements
Lawyer Posts Addresses of Alleged Pedophile Priests on Website
Posted Aug 15, 2008, 06:11 am CST
By Debra Cassens Weiss
A Minnesota lawyer for victims of pedophile priests has posted addresses and some phone numbers of alleged Chicago abusers on his website.
Jeffrey Anderson of St. Paul told the Chicago Sun-Times that he posted information about nine men yesterday to protect the public. Anderson represented victims in a $12.7 million settlement with the Chicago archdiocese that cited the men.
Some of the alleged abusers are in jail but at least one was never criminally charged.
"I can't put them behind bars, but I can alert people that they live in their communities,'' Anderson told the Sun-Times. “I have no problem [with] people calling them and asking them if they're still abusing kids.''
In the mid-1980s, Anderson was one of the first lawyers to bring suits claiming sexual abuse by clergy, the ABA Journal reported in a profile.
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Posted by Kevin Parisien - 3 months, 2 weeks, 6 days, 7 hours ago
Everyone should thank Jeff Anderson for his
professional efforts,he’s a blessing to victims
of clergy sexual abuse.THANK YOU.
Posted by Albino Luciani - 3 months, 2 weeks, 6 days, 3 hours, 13 minutes ago
Please POST Francis George’s private home, cell, fax, and office telephones numbers, and hound the BASTARD until he resigns!!!
Posted by CER - 3 months, 2 weeks, 5 days, 22 hours, 49 minutes ago
The offenders have been saved by the bishops and sometimes the statue of limitations. If Mr. Anderson, a lawyer, has enough data to feel safe in publishing names, addresses etc., I am all for him doing it. Go for it.
CER