Clergy sex abuse victims upset about two pedophile priests

Both priests face multiple child sex abuse allegations, have had child molestation lawsuits against them settled, and now face on-going criminal More>>

Sex abuse victims confront national head of Episcopalians

High-ranking church officials are letting a convicted, admitted and defrocked child molesting Episcopal minister lead retreats More>>

Clergy sex abuse victim urges disclosure of predator priest's whereabouts

Orlando Bishop Thomas Wenski has just been served with a civil child sex abuse lawsuit stemming from crimes perpetrated by Fr. Jose Mena More>>

Clergy sex abuse victims want action on predator priest

In February, Ft. Worth priest Fr. Philip Magaldi disclosed that he is HIV positive. Magaldi is a suspended, credibly accused pedophile priest More>>

Papal visit prompting alleged sex abuse victims to come forward

Pope Benedict XVI first visit to the U.S. is doing more than inspire American Catholics.More>>

Victims to hand fliers to Catholics blasting ‘backsliding bishops’

Earlier this week, the Pope met with victims and urged each Catholic to ‘do what you can to foster healing and reconciliation, and to assist those who have been hurt.’ More>>

Statement by Pat Serrano,

Even now, many priests have suspicions or information about clergy sex crimes. More>>

Statement by Joelle Casteix

Three times this week, the Pope has talked about clergy sex abuse. Yesterday, he met for 25 minutes with a few victims. More>>

Sex abuse victims to Catholic parishioners: "Stay vigilant!"

Victims fear that the public attention on clergy sex crimes, and the Pope's unprecedented meeting yesterday, will create a false sense of security among CatholicsMore>>

Statement by Phil Saviano

(This morning, the pope asked Catholics to help us in our healing.)
Catholics supporting wounded victims is good. Catholics preventing future abuse is better. More>>

Clergy sex abuse victims leaflet mass-going Catholics

For almost two decades, clergy sex abuse victims have used this low-tech method - handing out leaflets More>

They Will Stop at Nothing: Child Predators

By Megan Lynch of KMOX Radio in St. Louis  More>>

VOTF (Voice of the Faithful) & SNAP

A FREE Milwaukee Advanced Screening of

Vows of Silence directed by Jason Berry

Thursday April 3rd, 7:00 p.m.

Sex abuse victims want Iowa bishop to skip upcoming papal trip

In recent years, at least ten civil child molestation lawsuits have been filed against Bishop Lawrence D. Soens More>

Sex abuse victims and advocates blast 'bizarre' court ruling

Four weeks ago, Superior Court Judge Mark Anthony Scott, in a very unusual move, ordered Mona Brewer and her attorney to pay Bishop Earl Paulk More>

Statement by David Clohessy of SNAP
Historically, civilized societies have imposed the most severe penalties on the most egregious crimes. Sadly, that's not the case with the Catholic Church. More>

Child sex abuse victims blast Catholic officials

Last month, KC attorney Sam Wendt settled a lawsuit against Fr. Thomas Reardon and Monsignor Thomas O’Brien for molesting a boy (including inappropriate touching, fondling, and oral sex) (More)

Child sex abuse victims blast Catholic officials

On Sunday, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo announced that two months earlier, he’d suspended Fr. Stephen Horn (More)

Sex Abuse Victims Urge Bishop to Tell More About Abuse Accusation

In September, Boise Catholic officials suspended Fr. Raul Covarrubias as pastor of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Mountain Home

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Two more clergy sex abuse victims file lawsuits

Both men were repeatedly molested when they were between 11 and 13 in the 1960s and 1970s by Fr. Thomas Reardon. Just last month (11/24), the Kansas City Star published a lengthy report... (More)

Clergy sex abuse victims tell Giuliani "Put up or shut up"

SNAP challenging Giuliani to "put up or shut up" about allegations against Msgr. Alan Placa, who...(More)

Clergy sex abuse victims & Catholics mark 5th anniversary of Cardinal Law’s resignation

Despite Law's resignation, and the suspension of hundreds of accused abusive clerics SNAP & VOTF leaders are convinced that considerable pain...(More)

Statement by David Clohessy of SNAP, at Boston vigil on the five year anniversary of Cardinal Law's resignation.(More)

Sex abuse victims want admitted molester banned from retreats

Despite being a convicted, admitted and defrocked child molesting Episcopal minister, Lynn C. Bauman (More)

A letter to Bishop Stanton

Dear Bishop Stanton:
A decade ago, you apparently did the right thing and expelled Lynn C. Bauman from the Episcopal ministry, after he was found guilty of child molestation. Now, we need you to do the right thing again and warn unsuspecting parents that Bauman may still be a threat to vulnerable kids.
Any reasonable person would...(More)

ST. LOUIS: New suit alleges abuse at Cardinal Ritter Prep.

A Missouri man sued the St. Louis Archdiocese and a Jesuit priest Wednesday, (More)

Woman claims professor is a threat to students

A woman claims a professor at St. Louis Community College is a threat to students.

Sarah Gray says that the Music professor Larry Stuckenholts sexually abused her, and she doesn’t want him to have that opportunity again.(More)

College trustees urged to fire teacher

A woman told St. Louis Community College trustees Thursday that they should fire the music director at the college's Meramec campus, a man she says sexually abused her nine years ago when she was a high school student (More)

Five SNAP media events today, Thursday 8.23.07

Sex Abuse Victims Prod New Bishop To 'Protect Children Now'

Earlier this month, former priest Dan Clark was let out of prison because the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that (More)

Settlement apparently FINALIZED, sex abuse victims react

My case was set for trial on Monday and I was really looking forward to finally forcing Mahony and other top church officials to face hard questions under oath about their role in Fr. Hagenbach's devastating crimes. (More)

Archdiocese to settle sex-abuse claims for $600 million or more

The archdiocese and its insurers will pay between $600 million and $650 million to about 500 plaintiffs -- an average of $1.2 million to $1.3 million per person. The settlement also calls for the release of confidential (More)

Sex abuse victims respond to Baptist minister's arrest

Shelby County Sheriff's deputies have arrested the former minister of a Cordova church, accused of molesting a former church member.
Investigators say the victim, a 21 year-old man, told deputies that 46 year-old Steven Haney, who served as pastor of Walnut Grove Baptist Church for 20 years (More)

Support Meetings Set For Clergy Sex Abuse Victims

Confidential support group meetings for clergy sex abuse victims and their families are scheduled for three Ohio cities in the weeks ahead. (More)

Sex abuse victims & Catholics urge top church officials to persuade or discipline Nebraska colleague

Cardinal Francis George of Chicago and Bishop William Skylstad of Spokane are the vice-president and president, respectively, of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops.(More)

Nebraska bishop is only US prelate refusing to participate in child molestation policy

Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz is the only one of 194 diocesan bishops who refuses to comply with that policy. Six months after adopting it, bishops publicly promised to “fraternally correct” peers who violate it. (More)

Lawsuits Continue To Make News Locally In Clergy Sex Abuse Cases

The clergy sexual abuse scandal continues to touch the local area, with new lawsuits and news stories being filed throughout 2007. (More)

Associate pastor faces court hearing for criminal peace disturbance

Fr. Andrew Pinsent will be arraigned on ‘’disturbing the peace” charges in St. Louis city for grabbing and yelling at a clergy sex abuse victim in January and taking her leaflets. However, (More)

An Open Letter to the Mayor of Toledo, Ohio

Dear Mayor Finkbeiner:

We know that more than most public figures, you have taken time to learn and understand the significance of the ongoing clergy sexual abuse scandal/cover-up that ... (More)

Nashville,TN

Sixteen Child Sex Abuse Lawsuits Against Jehovah’s Witnesses (More)

San Diego, CA

Sixteen Child Sex Abuse Lawsuits Against Jehovah’s Witnesses Are Settled (More)

Child sex abuse victims alert Canadian churches about pedophile priest from Bayview

Yesterday, a Catholic alerted SNAP that Fr. Edward Beutner, a Wisconsin priest suspended from ministry for sexually molesting children, is set to facilitate a ‘Jesus Seminar’ (More)

Sex abuse victims urge Orlando Catholics to “Donate elsewhere”

Upset over Bishop Thomas Wenski’s deception regarding Fr. Carlos Bedoya, who was quietly suspended(More)

Sex Abuse Victims Files New Lawsuit Against Fugitive Pedophile Priest

In 1991, Father Gerardo Beltran fled Sacramento for Mexico after repeated allegations of molesting kids.(More)

Associate pastor faces criminal peace disturbance charge next week

Next week, Fr. Andrew Pinsent will face ‘’disturbing the peace” charges in St. Louis city for grabbing(More)

Families of Murderous Priests To Speak Out

Clergy sex abuse victims will hear from a Toledo man whose sister was murdered by a Catholic priest at a conference this weekend in Chicago. (More)

Sex abuse victims seek apology & outreach from bishop

Yesterday, church officials announced that the Vatican has upheld the removal of Fr. Joseph Schmelzer from ministry.(More)

Sex Abuse Victims Ask Detroit Cardinal to Identify Molesters

On Saturday, Maine’s Catholic bishop became the 15th in the US to voluntarily disclose the names of proven, admitted and credibly accused pedophile priests in his diocese. (Delaware’s bishop did likewise in December.) For the sake of (More)