SNAP Media Events
Scrap national church abuse policy, victims group says
- Scrap national church abuse policy, they say
- SNAP: "It's violated often with no consequences"
- Group wants an inclusive, 1 year process with "real input"
- Now, victims say, focus is on pedophile priest & lay Catholics
- But officials who “still ignore & hide crimes” must be punished, SNAP argues
- For starters, group says, prelates in San Diego & Owensboro should be “denounced”
Victims say bishop hinders prosecution
- Victims say bishop hinders prosecution
- He won’t disclose report of predator’s confession
- Such secrecy keeps other victims silent, group says
- It urges Sacramento prelate to attend court hearing on Friday
- SNAP to Soto: “Teach your flock how to back cleric without hurting victims"
- “Stop telling victims to report to the church, tell them to call cops instead,” they say
Convicted predator quietly put back in SD parish
- Convicted predator quietly put back in SD parish
- He pled guilty to unlawful sexual touching
- Yet, months later, he's back around kids, teens
- Victim and her family were subject to "lynch mob"
- SNAP: "Bishop breaks promises & endangers parishioners"
Two more clergy sex abuse cases to be filed against Benedictine monastery
- Two more clergy sex abuse cases to be filed against Benedictine monastery
- Four men allege sexual abuse by priests from Delbarton School/St Mary’s Abbey
More evidence contradicts Cardinal
- More evidence contradicts Cardinal
- Two new secret memos are disclosed
- In letter, Dolan pledges “special fund” for predator
- Prelate claimed that $10,000 was for “health insurance”
- But two documents – just released - show Dolan misled public
- SNAP: Record shows pedophile’s payment was NOT for insurance
- Money was paid even after notorious predator priest was defrocked
NYC's Cardinal Dolan paid pedophile priests to leave?
- NYC's Cardinal Dolan paid pedophile priests to leave?
- Minutes from meeting confirm: Dolan discussed paying $20,000 each to child molesters to quietly leave the priesthood
- Policy appears to have been implemented as revealed in 2006 secret payout to pedophile priest
- Newly uncovered document from 2003 shows the beginning of Dolan’s “shell game” of moving tens of millions of dollars into newly invented trusts
- Victims want current Archbishop Listecki to reveal all payouts and costs of sex offenders, release the Milwaukee “Dolan Papers”, including all Finance Council minutes
Victims blast NM bishops and seek outreach in two cases
- Victims blast Catholic officials
- They seek “outreach” in two cases
- One convicted priest was just deported
- Another was just sued for abuse recently
- SNAP to bishops: “Post predators on websites”
- “And aggressively seek out others in pain,” group says
Clergy Sex Abuse Victims Announce Posting of Huge Confidential Archive
- Clergy Sex Abuse Victims Announce Posting of Huge Confidential Archive
- New records about pedophile priests are released
- Victims announce the posting of thousands of pages
- Catholic officials fought for 4 years to keep them hidden
- It’s the biggest disclosure of records of any Catholic religious order
- Documents show Franciscan officials hid crimes from law enforcement
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