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The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests
SNAP
Press Statements 2009
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Pope reigns in the controversial, but not the criminal, SNAP charges, July 8, 2009
IL - Sexually violent ex-priest due back in court; SNAP responds, July 8, 2009
ME - Maine Court Rejects 'Charitable Immunity'; SNAP responds, July 7, 2009
CT - Bridgeport diocese loses again; clergy sex victims respond, July 6, 2009
MO - SNAP responds to St. Louis Archbishop Carlson, July 4, 2009
OR - Former Portland pastor jailed for abuse; Sex abuse victims respond, June 30, 2009
OH - Notorious Cincinnati predator priest passes; SNAP responds, June 25, 2009
TN - Notorious predator dies in Nashville; Sex abuse victims respond, June 25, 2009
Pope deplores priests' infidelities to their vows; Clergy sex abuse victims respond, June 17, 2009
MN - Woman sues Methodist predator; SNAP responds, June 17, 2009
Vatican takes action against ultraconservatives; clergy sex victims respond, June 17, 2009
NV - Statement on seven abusers who have quietly moved to Las Vegas, June 16, 2009
CA - Clergy sex abuse victims comment on archdiocese tax issue, June 16, 2009
CT - Bishop again tries to hide records; Clergy sex abuse victims respond, June 12, 2009
LA - Clergy sex abuse victims respond to new archbishop, June 12, 2009
CA - National self help group backs call for new pedophile priest trial, June 9, 2009
SD - Settlement reached in diocese case; sex abuse victims respond, June 9, 2009
NC - Charlotte diocese named in pedophile priest suit; Sex abuse victims respond, June 2, 2009
NC - Ex-Asheville priest accused of molesting child; Sex abuse victims respond, June 2, 2009
PA - Three priests accused of molesting child; Sex abuse victims respond, June 2, 2009
Ireland - Irish Catholic officials claim 'poverty;' Sex abuse victims respond, May 27, 2009
CT - Clergy sex abuse victims applaud ruling & blast diocese, May 22, 2009
PA - Catholic school principal sentenced; clergy sex abuse victims respond, May 22, 2009
IA - 3 more names added to Davenport church abuse list; Sex abuse victims respond, May 22, 2009
Support group forming for sex abuse victims, May 22, 2009
MO - Catholic School Run by Cult-like Group Closes; SNAP Responds, May 22, 2009
FL - Big time Baptist preacher pleads guilty; Sex abuse victims respond, May 21, 2009
Ireland - US clergy sex abuse victims: What's next in Ireland?, May 21, 2009
WA - Seattle predator priest case settles; Sex abuse victims respond, May 20, 2009
Ireland - US clergy sex abuse victims react to Irish Catholic report, May 20, 2009
WI - Sex abuse victims applaud new ruling about Jesuit, May 20, 2009
MI - Sex abuse victims blast new papal Saginaw/Philly appointment, May 20, 2009
NC - Charlotte Catholic Diocese staffer arrested: Sex abuse victims respond, May 19, 2009
WA - Clergy sex abuse victims respond to today’s settlement, May 18, 2009
NM - Third child sex case filed against teen mental health counselor, May 12, 2009
NJ - Disgraced WI bishop is moving to NJ; SNAP responds, May 7, 2009
WA - Child sex charges v. Catholic employee dropped; clergy sex abuse victims respond, May 7, 2009
OH - Clergy sex abuse victims blast Ohio Supreme Court judge, May 7, 2009
FL - Clergy sex abuse victims blast 'rally' for high profile priest, May 7, 2009
IN - Ex Hoosier priest defrocked; Bishop must still protect others, SNAP says, May 7, 2009
MA - MA predator priest defrocked; Bishop must still protect others, SNAP says, May 7, 2009
CO - Cornerstone church controversy; Sex abuse victims respond, May 4, 2009
NY - Clergy sex abuse victims blast Archdiocese, May 1, 2009
CA - Clergy sex victims seek new trial, April 30, 2009
AR - Sex abuse victims prod Baptist church's prior leaders to search consciences, April 30, 2009
FL - Miami attorney wins unprecedented sex case using 1868 Indian treaty, April 29, 2009
TX - Judge pulls out of case involving diocese; sex abuse victims respond, April 28, 2009
IA - Predator priest is re-assigned; SNAP blasts bishop, April 27, 2009
WI - Pedophile Nun Released from Milwaukee Jail, April 23, 2009
Paraguay - Clergy sex victims call for Paraguay president resignation, April 23, 2009
MO - Missouri pastor sent to prison for sexual abuse of teens; sex abuse victims respond, April 22, 2009
TN - Priest sex suit hangs on with latest ruling; sex abuse victims respond, April 22, 2009
NY - New bishop, clergy sex abuse victims respond, April 21, 2009
AL - Baptist minister arrested on sex abuse; Support group responds, April 20, 2009
CA - Pastor Arrested: This is no time for complacency, April 17, 2009
OH - Pope picks Toledo bishop to head national probe of Catholic nuns, April 17, 2009
MO - Ex-Kansas City Catholic bishop accused of sex abuse, April 16, 2009
LA - Baton Rouge bishop is named in pedophile lawsuit; Clergy sex victims respond, April 16, 2009
GA - Atlanta archbishop is defendant in 3 new pedophile priest lawsuits, April 16, 2009
IL - 3 new pedophile priest lawsuits filed; Sex abuse victims respond, April 16, 2009
NY - It’s cowardly and disingenuous for Dolan to dodge questions, April 15, 2009
NM - Teen mental health counselor faces another child sex lawsuit; sex abuse victims respond, April 15, 2009
NE - Predator priest reports harassment; clergy sex abuse victims respond, April 14, 2009
CA - Baptist predator/murderer arraigned; Sex abuse victims respond, April 14, 2009
Paraguay - Ex-bishop admits fathering child; Sex abuse victims respond, April 13, 2009
TX - Priest pleads guilty to child porn; Sex abuse victims respond, April 13, 2009
IL - Upon information that former priest Mark Campobello, who was convicted of abusing two teenaged girls (1999 and 2001), has been returned to jail, April 9, 2009
MI - New Kalamazoo bishop; sex abuse victims respond, April 6, 2009
NY - SNAP on New York sex abuse bill, March 30, 2009
Church records show bishops understood abuse in the 50s; SNAP responds, March 30, 2009
GA - Child molesting bishop dies; Sex abuse victims respond, March 30, 2009
CO - Colorado predator priest sued; Sex abuse victims respond, March 27, 2009
NH - Clergy sex abuse victims blast NH Catholic diocese for secrecy, March 27, 2009
CT - Catholic bishops fight child sex abuse victims at legislature; SNAP responds, March 27, 2009
TX - Texas priest found guilty; sex abuse victims respond, March 26, 2009
PA - Philly pastor charged with child sex abuse, SNAP responds, March 26, 2009
NY - NY's highest court tosses Catholic sex case; SNAP responds, March 26, 2009
OK - Baptist minister accused of sex abuse; Support group responds, March 26, 2009
NH - Defrocked priest in sex scandal wants to live in Middleton; sex abuse victims respond, March 25, 2009
VT - Diocese heading to court; sex abuse victims respond, March 25, 2009
WV - Priest with marijuana restored; clergy sex victims respond, March 24, 2009
MS - Clergy sex victims respond to arrest of Protestant pastor, March 24, 2009
PA - Archdiocese takes action against priest in abuse case; sex abuse victims respond, March 23, 2009
CA - Pope Benedict Names New Bishop for Oakland; sex abuse victims respond, March 23, 2009
OH - Ohio priest reinstated after '05 arrest; SNAP responds, March 19, 2009
NH - Ex-priest who raped altar boy wants to live in NH; sex abuse victims respond, March 18, 2009
OR - Oregon bishop criticized in national report; Clergy sex abuse victims respond, March 13, 2009
NE - SNAP on Lincoln, Nebraska Diocese, March 13, 2009
OK - Tulsa Diocese blasted by church panel; abuse victims respond, March 13, 2009
ME - Sex abuse victims applaud bridge re-naming, March 13, 2009
Bishops admit that child sex abuse reports are up, SNAP responds, March 13, 2009
OR - SNAP on the Father Ronan Case, March 3, 2009
CA - Statement by Paul Livingston, San Diego SNAP leader, February 26, 2009
Archbishop Dolan’s abysmal track record on clergy sex abuse and cover up, February 23, 2009
OR - Statement on Jesuits Filing for Bankruptcy, February 18, 2009
TX - Statement by SNAP Director Barbara Garcia-Boehland of San Antonio (210 621 2177), February 16, 2009
IL - Father Donald McGuire was sentenced to 300 months, February 11, 2009
CT - Statement on the Legion of Christ, February 11, 2009
TX - SNAP Statement on Brother Suttle, February 5, 2009
Sex abuse victims charge Legion of Christ with continued secrecy and callousness, February 5, 2009
CA - SNAP on new federal probe in LA, January 29, 2009
CA - New grand jury probe of LA archdiocese; Sex abuse victims respond, January 28, 2009
CO - SNAP on Ted Haggard's ex-church & evangelicals, January 28, 2009
Ex NM & CA pedophile priest wants pardon from Obama, January 28, 2009
Vatican report on US seminaries & SNAP's response, January 15, 2009
NJ - Bishop warns priests, not parents, about predator; Sex abuse victims respond, January 13, 2009
TN - Knoxville's new bishop, January 12, 2009
Vatican - Former papal diplomat dies; He could have made a difference, January 11, 2009
MI, CA - Sex abuse victims respond to new Detroit archbishop, January 5, 2009
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