A group for victims of clergy sex abuse want Providence Bishop Thomas Tobin to push people to talk to police in the case of a priest accused of sexually abusing children.The Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests made the request Wednesday, weeks after it was revealed that the Rev. Philip A. Magaldi is HIV positive.
Magaldi was removed as a priest in 1999 after claims of sexual misconduct at Catholic parishes in Providence and Fort Worth, Texas. He hasn't been charged, and says he's innocent.
SNAP wants Tobin to personally visit the parishes where Magaldi worked and aggressively urge victims to go to police.
The group says those parishes have only read a short statement urging people to bring information to the diocese.
The diocese says people are always free to go to police. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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