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| By sharing our stories, we recognize that we are not alone,
and we are not guilty for what happened to us. Gradually coming to a full knowledge
of this empowers us to confront the truth, and to find healthy mechanisms for
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Once we learn the truth about what has happened to us,
we can then use that power to bring about change. When we put our voices together,
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The SNAP Viewpoint |
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| SNAP weighs in -- reaching out, speaking up, seeking justice,
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Silence makes evil possible. Here are a few antidotes: |
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Contact
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sponsor legislation that protects children and holds perpetrators accountable. |
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It's a great way to keep an issue in the public eye. |
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Leaflet
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| Reach out to fellow parishioners with a smile and a handout
that will give them more information about SNAP and the clergy abuse issue. |
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up to the Microphone |
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| Contact your local SNAP rep for advice on speaking out through
the news media or talk radio. If you are a survivor, consider sharing your story
with a local gathering of Voice of the Faithful. |
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prosecuted and who does not. Let them know why accountability is so important. |
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Conference Programs from SNAP conferences |
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Many patrons have helped SNAP through the years. The SNAP conference program is a way to support our efforts. Click below to see these conference programs from past SNAP conferences.
Conference program 2006.
Part 1. Part 2. Part 3.
Conference program 2007. Click here.
Conference program 2008. Click here.
Conference program 2009. Click here. |
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| In November 2007, SNAP launched the Stories for Living contest. The contest rules: Write how a person, event or series of circumstances inspired, encouraged or uplifted you as a Survivor on your journey to healing. Click to read the SNAP Stories for Living. |
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SNAP has a section dedicated to Tributes and Memorials. |
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Tribute Index |
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Many people have honored special people in their lives with a Tribute on our SNAP website. If you would like to do the same, click here and see our Tribute pages.
Composite Tribute Video. |
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Memorial Index |
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Make a special dedication to a deceased loved one. Click here to see our Memorials.
Composite Memorial Video. |
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NEWS OF THE DAY - Wed, Dec 1, 2010
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"Church official calls for release of documents"
"Another Eddie Long controversy"
SNAP: Stories for Living
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Some of the Mamou missionary kids, along with their parents, have set up a website for missionary kids that have been abused: MK Safety Net.
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Want to quote or borrow something?
You may provide attribution to SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests or SNAPnetwork.org and if you write for the internet, please link to this site. Thank you.
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can also send check by mail to:
SNAP, PO Box 6416, Chicago, IL 60680
SNAP is a non-profit, certified 501 (c) (3) organization
Paying
Tribute
With
a donation of $100 or more, SNAP will honor the person of your choice in the tribute
section of our
website.
Read about more ways to help here
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Support SNAP with your Amazon.com
purchases! Next time you shop at Amazon, enter their site through our link,
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SNAP leaders author newly released books
SNAP's President and Founder Barbara Blaine has authored a chapter in Amy Neustein's "Temptest in the Temple."
Click here for details.
SNAP Baptist Leader Christa Brown has just released "This Little Light: Beyond a Baptist Preacher Predator and His Gang."
Click here for details.
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If
you've been victimized by clergy, please know that you are not alone. You can
get better. You can reach out to others who've been hurt just like you have. Together,
we can heal one another.
We are SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused
by Priests. We are the largest, oldest and most active support group
for women and men wounded by religious authority figures (priests, ministers,
bishops, deacons, nuns and others). We are an independent and confidential organization,
with no connections with the church or church officials. We are also a non-profit,
certified 501 (c) (3) organization.
And we are here to help.
Full Welcome Statement
SNAP Ground Rules
CONTACT
OUR NATIONAL OFFICE
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FEELING
DESPONDENT? CALL THE SUICIDE HOT LINE.
If
you are having thoughts about suicide, call 1.800.SUICIDE 800
(784-2433). Your call will be connected to a certified crisis center nearest
your location. | | SNAP
SUPPORT GROUPS:
In over 60 cities across the country SNAP provides support,
comfort and healing. Call us. We're here to help. | |
SURVIVORS'
WISDOM:
Helpful advice from someone who has "been there." This is a compil-ation
of things that SNAP members have learned and shared at SNAP meetings, with advice
on healing, contacting the church, and staying emotionally healthy.
View our March 2009 newsletter
View our 2008 Annual Report
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Survivors' Quilt Outreach
We are continuing to add panels to the “Survivors'
Quilt”. The quilts will be displayed at various snap outreach events. It
is comforting and validating to many survivors as well as a tangible way to expose
the cover-ups and decades of isolation in the survivors' community perpetrated
by complicit bishops.
More
Details Here. Bishop Accountability
Site Documents the Crisis:
This Web site,
based in Boston, offers an extensive on-line archive of once-secret church and
Vatican documents. A vital and growing resource for survivors, reporters and historians
nationwide.
Bishop-accountability.org "Hand
of God" Film Gets PBS Broadcast
Web Site "Deliver
Us From Evil" Documentary
film site with reviews, screenings schedule, etc. |
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