Mary Dispenza | The Seattle Times

Thursday, January 28, 2016. Standing outside the St. James Cathedral, 75-year-old Mary Dispenza, the N.W. director of the abuse support group SNAP, talks about being abused as a 7-year-old by a priest in her East Los Angeles school.

February 14, 2020 at 12:01 pm

Survivors like me want the Seattle Archdiocese to open its secret files | Op-Ed

Truth telling is its only hope and salvation.

January 26, 2018 at 12:01 pm

Shame on Pope Francis for casting doubt on clergy-abuse victims | My Take

It’s time, Pope Francis, to stand up for survivors, take their stories to heart and take the right action.

May 5, 2017 at 1:09 pm

Clergy-abuse survivor feels she cannot ignore the headlines | My Take

I can tell victims of sexual assault it gets better, but it doesn’t go away. That’s how it is: We heal and we remember.

September 19, 2015 at 4:01 pm

Pope Francis remains weak on child sex abuse | Guest columnist

Pope Francis should tell victims of priest sex abuse and their families, and the entire church, that he will take necessary actions to right wrongs.

Opinion

April 4, 2014 at 4:12 pm

Guest: Swift action needed from Pope Francis on child sex abuse

A WEEK ago, Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, head of the Italian Episcopal Conference, defended the Vatican’s policy of not requiring clergy to report child sex abuse...

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