Knoxville and Nashville dioceses in the crosshairs of a complaint to the National Review Board concerning violations against the Dallas Charter of 2002
If you are a victim of clergy sexual abuse either as a child or as a sexually exploited adult and you have been required to sign an NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement or Non-Disparaging Agreement) with a Catholic Diocese since 2002, then it is null and void. And the Catholic Church knows it!
Article 3 of the Dallas Charter of 2002 states that no victim will be silenced unless they (the victim) wants silence. Otherwise, the bishops want us to believe that you are free to tell your story. But you are NOT if you are made to sign any NDA that you do not wish to sign.
A complaint was filed about this with the National Review Board on January 14, 2020. I received an answer from Dr. Francesco Cesaro, chairman of the NRB. He had forwarded it to Bishop Thomas Doherty for action.
No action.
I wrote another letter and sent to all relevant parties in October 2020 and received no answer.
This is the pattern of the Bishops and all the Catholic hierarchy. They just don't answer. They just delay and delay until you go away.
In this case, they are not going to win this argument. They are going to be hounded more and more until they admit their wrongdoing and rectify.
If you have an NDA that pertains to your complaint of clergy sexual abuse whether it be a private agreement with the church that you undertook yourself or with a lawyer, you should definitely NOT have been required to sign it.
Join us in holding them accountable and let's get rid of these illegal NDAs that silence you and re-victimize you.
Email me at susan8324@gmail.com
Click here to read the original complaint to the National Review Board in 2020.
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