SNAP Media Events

SNAP calls three papal candidates “promising”

Clergy sex abuse victims cautiously release new list

And they call for 3 types of training in dioceses across globe

Two kinds - with kids & employees - are already done in US

SNAP: “But no prelate shows flock how to act when accusations surface”

So backers of alleged predators end up “intimidating” victims & witnesses

Victims have prepared 21 point brochure offering guidance for parishioners

• Victims release “Dirty Dozen” list
• “None of them should be next pope,” they say
• All 12, from 10 nations, are considered ‘papabile’
• Group blasts prelates “who pretend the worst is over”
• Scandal has yet to surface in most nations, victims contend
• It’s ‘shameless spin’ & ‘deliberate deception’ to claim otherwise,” they say

• “No one from Curia should be made pope,” victims say
• Group also wants some older cardinals out of Monday meeting
• SNAP worries Vatican insiders are tied to corruption & last 2 popes
• “That makes ‘cleaning house’ & exposing cover ups tougher,” it says
• Victims urge top church staff to try to persuade some peers to “go home”
• SNAP: Sodano & 5 other “complicit” cardinals should be sent away or stay away

Victims to Dolan:  “Before conclave, name the predator priests of New York, release sex abuse deposition”

• Victims blast Vatican in new United Nations filing
• In 30 page document, they say church breaks UN convention
• SNAP says top Catholic officials submit one report 14 years later
• Group accuses Holy See of falling short on prevention & extradition

• Victims push Pope for action on his last day
• They list 5 things he should do before leaving
• “Take decisive action now,” self help group urges

• New child sex case filed against Vatican & priest
• He’s currently facing at least seven criminal charges
• Cleric spent time in New Orleans and Lake Charles
• Support group urges bishops to “reach out to victims”

• Serial predator cleric worked in Norfolk 
• More than 80 kids say he molested them
• Eleven settlements were just disclosed in January
• He committed suicide a week after announcement
• Church officials in five states concealed allegations
• SNAP: “How many other child molesting clerics are still hidden?”