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We are also looking for persons interested in becoming SNAP leaders. Leaders must be able to conduct a monthly self-help support group meeting in their local area and promote the missions of SNAP.

Please contact David Jefferys,
Barbara Dorris, or Judy Jones for details.

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AUSTRALIA

HEADLINES/NEWS STORIES

Child sex accused priest given a blue card in Queensland

Kay Dibben July 25, 2010

A PRIEST stood down by his church over allegations that he had sex with a teenage boy has been handed a blue card to work with children by a Queensland tribunal.
... [click HERE for complete story ]

Paedophile priest Vince Ryan on parole

JOANNE MCCARTHY July 24, 2010

FORMER Hunter paedophile priest Vince Ryan will be tracked by satellite but will technically be a free man from August 6 after the NSW State Parole Authority granted parole yesterday. ... Ryan, one of the Hunter's most notorious paedophile priests who sexually abused 35 boys, aged six to 14, between 1972 and 1991, will be subject to "very stringent supervision and parole conditions", NSW State Parole Authority director Paul Byrnes said. ... [click HERE for complete story ]

Losing my religion

Michelle Dunne Breen July 24, 2010

I was once told I'd never be able to leave the church. ''Once a Catholic, always a Catholic,'' was the saying. It got me thinking that there must be a way to return a membership taken out on my behalf when I was only two weeks old.
... [click HERE for complete story ]

Bishop Peter Ingham apologises to sexual abuse victims

VERA BERTOLA July 23, 2010

IN a heartfelt and candid pastoral letter, Bishop of Wollongong Peter Ingham has admitted the leadership of the Catholic Church failed parishioners in the diocese by its tardiness to address child sexual abuse at the hands of clergy and lay members.
... [click HERE for complete story ]

US priest accused of abusing boy defrocked

AFP July 23, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI has defrocked a US priest accused of sexually molesting a teenage boy more than 30 years ago, the disgraced cleric's Ohio diocese said.
... [click HERE for complete story ]

Rome Fiddles, We Burn

MAUREEN DOWD July 18, 2010

If the Vatican is trying to restore the impression that its moral sense is intact, issuing a document that equates pedophilia with the ordination of women doesn’t really do that. The Catholic Church continued to heap insult upon injury when it revealed its long-awaited new rules on clergy sex abuse, rules that the Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said signaled a commitment to grasp the nettle with “rigor and transparency.” The church still believes in its own intrinsic holiness despite all evidence to the contrary. It thinks it’s making huge concessions on the unstoppable abuse scandal when it’s taking baby steps.
... [click HERE for complete story ]

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We try very hard to always update and post items on this web site, with complete integrity.

We realize it takes a lot of courage to reach out for help, and we thank you for visiting our site. We also realize this trauma reaches family members and those who are concerned and frustrated about the sex abuse crisis within the religious community.

This web site is a place to find information about our SNAP support meetings in your local area, plus we are constantly updating news stories and information about clergy who have been publicly accused of sex abuse within the Australian dioceses. Our goal is survivor support, public education, and protection of kids.

We also plan to post survivor video stories. Sometimes it helps to listen to these stories to better understand the trauma and life pain of those who have been harmed by clergy and those who are related to these survivors: family and friends.

We post on this site many links to other self help groups and information to support victims. SNAP leaders' email addresses and phone numbers are posted for you when you need direct help and support, please feel free to contact any of these compassionate people who care about survivors. SNAP leaders know that the principle wish of every survivor is healing and the desire to see that their experiences never happen to another child, young person, or vulnerable adult.

You, who are survivors of sex abuse did NOT deserve this, did NOT ask for this to happen to you, and it was NOT your fault. There is healing when you are able to speak up and get this burden off your shoulders, and free from your heart. ... give it to the universe to carry for a while.... Just maybe, your life will be much more at peace.

Our ultimate goal is to open up the secrets, stop the silence, support those who have already been harmed, and thereby protect children.

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