There’s simply no way to know just how many San Francisco, California, priests, monks, deacons, and lay people are accused of abusing young victims; however, the latest reports from a variety of credible sources are shining a light on just how serious the issue has become.

NBC News has revealed several shocking statistics in reports on the issue:

• Nearly 1,700 priests and other clergy members are living with no oversight from religious authorities or law enforcement in various cities across the countryThe perpetrators on the list still hold positions of trust in institutions and organizations with access to children–and, with at least 76 on that list who could not be located
• Dioceses and religious orders have revealed that more than 5,100 clergy members are involved sexual abuses of minors to various degrees
• The AP has been seeking nearly 2,000 still living perpetrators to determine where they have been staying and working

According to the Washington Post: “Sexual abuse is notoriously under-reported, especially when the victims are children unaware, or not fully cognizant, that what they have experienced is a crime.”

The Consumer Justice Action team believes that the young victims of San Francisco, California priests, pastors, clergy, and institutional abuse should have the right to face these abusers in a court of law for justice and compensation.

Instead of keeping them safe, thousands of young boys and girls suffered horrible abuses from persons in positions of authority such as San Francisco church pastors, clergy, and institutional leadership.

We’re talking about physical and sexual abuses that went largely unreported for decades or more.

San Francisco, California, victims and their families are now urged to file cases in a court of law for compensation primarily because many of these San Francisco institutional leaders were aware of these abuses and chose not to report them to authorities.

In fact, over 6,800 adult members of the Catholic Church have been accused of abuses with their underaged members, with perpetrators going unnoticed in order to save the reputation of the Church and avoid the complex processes that litigation would create.

Many of the adults responsible were hidden from identification and, once their crimes came to light, were passed on to areas such as San Francisco, California only to repeat their abuses over and over again.

Those victims that were abused by these California institutions are urged to get a free, private case evaluation by a qualified attorney, with the potential to file a claim that could include compensation.

Now is the proper time to take action because:

• The statute of limitations have been lifted in many cases
• Many victims are given the opportunity to tell their stories
• Church and organization leadership are more ready to reveal abusers

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/religion/nearly-1-700-priests-clergy-accused-sex-abuse-are-unsupervised-n1062396

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/13/another-state-another-clergy-sex-abuse-scandal/