Church credibility in focus as Pope heads for Latin America
By Philip Pullella, January 16, 2018, Reuters
In Chile, where the Argentine pope arrives on Monday night, Catholics have planned daily protests against his 2015 appointment of Bishop Juan Barros to head the small diocese of Osorno, a small city south of the Chilean capital.
Barros has been accused of . . .
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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If you want to restore credibility to your church and its leaders do all of the following:
1. Defrock all sexual molesters priests and bishops who covered up for them.
2. Turn-in all the above to the civil authorities for criminal punishment
3. Make financial reparation to all the survivors of sexual abuse by priests and take responsibility for their continuing care.
4. Change all church laws (Canon Law) requiring secrecy when dealing with sexual offender priests.
5. Change all church law so that the sexual abuse of children by priests and any bishop, cardinal, or Pope OR any clergy who covers it up is
immediately defrocked and turned over to civil authorities. No exceptions
6. Since the church and its leaders have proven themselves unable and incompetent-the church shall no longer deal with any sexual abuse
claims in-house but immediately turn them over to civil authorities.