Phil Saviano
Phil Saviano is a survivor and New England SNAP leader. Stories like Saviano's are what made up the premise of the movie Spotlight. Saviano's and SNAP work to bring these stories to the light have been crucial in bringing the clergymen responsible for this abuse to the light. Saviano was portrayed by actor Neal Huff in the movie and he plays a integral part in starting the conversation about this abuse by the Boston area priests.
Watch below as Phil talks about the movie alongside Neil Huff who plays him in the film.
Phil was also featured in SNAP's 2015 Fall Letter where he told more about his survivor story and explained how SNAP how been an integral part in helping him find the courage to find his voice for the first time.
Winter Appeal 2023
To our friends,
2023 has been a long year with many ups and downs for us all. As we close out the year, we at SNAP hope that you are feeling like you are on your way to being healthy, fulfilled, and happy. This past year has brought both successes and challenges. Thanks to the support you have shown in the past, we’ve been able to celebrate the good days and weather the stormy ones. Now, we are once again asking for your support as we work to support survivors new and old as we ‘Move SNAP Forward.’
At SNAP we are proud to have hosted a very well-attended conference in August 2023. This event allowed us to gather friends, survivors, advocates, and allies for a weekend of camaraderie and connection. We were so happy to be able to welcome many first-time attendees to gather in person and are already looking forward to the next conference.
To strengthen our movement for justice, healing, and prevention, SNAP will be expanding our peer support and providing more volunteer opportunities in the coming year. Through this great work, we are ensuring survivor voices are represented as we work for significant change that will benefit children and survivors.
Right now, survivors worldwide are getting the help they need from SNAP, and more and more reach out to us daily, but we need your help to keep those programs going and get our volunteers the training they need to thrive.
Your tax-deductible gift to SNAP can help offset the cost of our important mission. If you are not in a position to contribute, you can still support us by sharing this letter with those who can. As we continue to fight for survivors across the globe, your donation or sharing the great work SNAP does will help us continue our work to protect the vulnerable, heal the wounded, and prevent abuse.
Your donation ensures SNAP will be there for those who need us more than ever!
Warmly,
Michael W. McDonnell, C.P.S.
Interim Executive Director
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Thank God for the people of Boston Globe’s Spotlight for following through with what appears so many did not! I hope this movie wins every award it’s up for! I hope you rest easier knowing you likely have spared many more children from the abuse of this sickening cover up! MAY GOD BLESS YOU & HOLD YOU in your times of struggle!
Recovering Catholic
Chrissy Young
I am a veteran of the entertainment business. By way of introduction, my CV is displayed at http://bneary.com/id2.html
Recently, I saw your interview regarding the film Spotlight and was taken by your restraint and the patience of you responses. It was your controlled tolerance that prompted this email.
As a product of eight years of Jesuit education, I was raised very Catholic. I saw the Church as a beacon of truth in a corrupt world. So passionate was my faith, that I was accepted into the Jesuit Novitiate. Fortunately, I fell in love with a girl that same year and decided against the priesthood.
Then, in 2009, I discovered that one of my friends, a brilliant classmate, had been molested by a Jesuit priest while we were teenagers at Loyola High School. I saw how his self-image was destroyed by that abuse. My once brilliant friend now lives life as an emotional cripple.
Since I had already enjoyed some success as a thriller novelist, I decided to use the genre to express my outrage and my angers in a fictionalized format. The resulting novel, “Twenty Seven Million,” has gradually become a best seller.
The book was first published in 2013. And by 2015, it now seems that my researched fiction has predicted some real Vatican events. http://slonightwriters.com/2015/06/15/from-our-members-twenty-seven-million-by-brian-neary/
I would like to gift you a copy (an eBook version), hoping that you might enjoy some of the “fictional” characters. If you would prefer a paperback version, I would need a snail mail address to have Amazon send a copy to you.
Please accept my gratitude for your generosity of spirit.
Kind regards,
Brian Neary