NJ- Victims advocate wins award, SNAP responds

For immediate release: Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Statement by David Clohessy of St. Louis, Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (314 566 9790, [email protected])

New Jersey's attorney general is honoring the work of a wonderful, tireless volunteer who heads the state's chapter of our organization. We are grateful for Mark Crawford's ceaseless compassion and courage. His efforts over the past decade have helped expose dangerous clergy predators and corrupt church officials. And his work has deterred cover ups of child sex crimes while also consoling those who have been sexually assaulted.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2014/04/advocate_for_clergy_sex_abuse_victims_assistant_prosecutor_to_be_honored_by_attorney_general.html 

Mark has also spent countless hours helping to bring legislative reform to sometimes archaic, arbitrary and predator-friendly state laws so that kids can better be protected.

Many victims of heinous child sex crimes struggle mightily to recover. Relatively few, however, are able to turn their pain into a positive source of healing and prevention for others. Mark is one of these few. We are thrilled that he's a part of our movement. 

(SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, is the world’s oldest and largest support group for clergy abuse victims. We’ve been around for 25 years and have more than 15,000 members. Despite the word “priest” in our title, we have members who were molested by religious figures of all denominations, including nuns, rabbis, bishops, and Protestant ministers. Our website is SNAPnetwork.org)

Contact - David Clohessy (314-566-9790 cell, [email protected]), Barbara Dorris (314-503-0003, [email protected]), Mark Crawford (732-632-7687, [email protected])

 


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