Video: Sonoma press conference announcing new allegations against Father Crews at Hanna Boys Center

The two men have filed reports with the California Attorney General's Office, SNAP said. The full story in Friday's Index-Tribune.|
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Two former residents of the Hanna Boys Center residential treatment program near Sonoma have come forward as sexual abuse survivors, saying they were repeatedly molested by one-time Executive Director John S. Crews.

Crews was named on a diocese list of clergy accused of child sex abuse. However, the two men said the diocese claimed Crews never molested kids at Hanna.

Survivors Network of those Abused by Priest (SNAP) held a news conference at 11:30 a.m. today in front of St. Francis Solano Catholic Church.

At the press conference was a Sacramento attorney who represents the two accusers and a Missouri man who was assaulted by a priest and is the former long time head of the support group, SNAP.

The two filed reports with the California Attorney General's Office, SNAP said.

Press conference announcing new civil litigation involving former Sonoma Valley priest.

Posted by Sonoma Index-Tribune / Sonomanews.com on Wednesday, April 17, 2019

More information to follow in Friday's Index-Tribune.

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