SNAP responds to sentencing of Jewish predator in NY
We are proud of these brave victims for not allowing themselves to be intimidated into silence, and for doing everything they could to protect other children from this predator, Michael Sabo. It is absolutely despicable that members of the victims’ synagogue threatened to pack the courtroom to shame the young female victim. These people ought to be ashamed of themselves and their attempts to protect an abuser over his victims.
We are grateful to police and prosecutors for making sure that Sabo will be behind bars for a long time. We hope that the other victims in this case, the ones who were shamed or intimidated into silence, will find some measure of justice in this sentence.
This case is a sad and distressing reminder of the vast amount of child abuse cover-up that takes place within some tightly-knit Jewish communities. More must be done, especially in terms of outreach, to prevent the shaming of victims and their families and to protect other children from predators. We hope that as these cases are thrust further into the public eye that those who protest an innocent children will be forced to re-examine their priorities, and decide instead to work to protect kids.
Read the story here: http://www.nypost.com/f/print/news/local/brooklyn/victims_of_convicted_child_molester_NXeq13dvZo2aif2Cb3XzEO
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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My Main Point commenting on this story is this;
Everything Jesus suffered from the sociological dynamics of religion in his day, We Abuse Victims of Priests/Rabbis have suffered of our religions in our own generation. There is a powerful lesson there I’m certain G’d intentionally crafted into the Gospel Story to pass on for our benefit today. I’m grateful and proud of Ireland standing up manfully to the Mullahs in the Vatican theocracy.
The Resurrection is about G’ds promised vindication of his “Victim’s of religion”. And so it is today. Amen.
And Yet…My rapist say’s Mass in comfortable retirement at a suburban parish just shortly down the road from the only Pontifical Seminary in the Western Hemisphere, in this political supercharged capital city of Ohio. There is no practical separation of Diocese and Pontifical seminary.
That’s why i am persona-non-grata at Cathedral Mass under promise of arrest for trespassing if i set foot in my old church of 33 years. I’m not ashamed to be thrown out of any church like Jesus own serial habit.
Got 3 notches on my sandals. All Honorable. Glory To The Cross of G’ds Children.