Statement Regarding Charges by
National Review Board Head

For More Information:
David Clohessy 314 566 9790 cell
Barbara Blaine 312 399 4747 cell
Mark Serrano 703 771 9606, 703 727 4940 cell

For immediate release:
May 11, 2004

STATEMENT BY DAVID CERULLI OF NEW YORK
(917 757 1791 cell), SNAP National Board Member

"If the National Review Board feels manipulated, imagine how we who have been abused feel now.

Among many, many depressing days, this is one of the most dark.

We in SNAP have seen widespread backsliding by America's bishops, and this news confirms our worst suspicions and fears.

Frank Keating must feel sad but vindicated, and many Catholics will be further disillusioned by this obvious and inexcusable backsliding.

Now more than ever, if children are to be safer, it is clear that civil authorities must work even harder on genuine reform and effective prevention."