Advocates for victims of sexual abuse list over 300 priests as abusers

The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests is taking an aim at Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone for not publicly naming abusive clerics.

"Every bishop is his own king and they can do what they want with these lists. About 158 bishops in the United States have released lists over the past three or four years," said Dan McNevin of SNAP, and a church abuse survivor. "But the archbishop of San Francisco will not publish a list. And so we think it’s really important to get this list out, to get it published, to update it, to provide information to victims and their families."

An archdiocese spokesperson declined to answer emailed questions about why the archbishop hasn't released a list of priests or whether he would reconsider doing so.