** SNAP CONFERENCE 2012 EXCLUSIVE ** Dissident Priest Doyle Trashes Bishops and Admits He Has ‘Nothing To Do With the Catholic Church’

Fr. Tom Doyle O.P. canon lawyer

In a blustery, half-hour talk that opened this year's SNAP conference in Chicago, Dominican priest and celebrity expert witness for contingency lawyers Fr. Thomas Doyle reiterated his contempt for the Catholic Church, according to … [Read more...]

** SNAP CONFERENCE 2012 EXCLUSIVE ** SNAP Hate: Conference Speaker Claims Catholics and Jews Agree That Child Abuse Is Permitted

Judy Brown :: Judy Braun

On the opening night of SNAP's recent annual conference, National Director David Clohessy attempted to convince his audience that SNAP "does not hate churches," suggesting that the group does not have any particular animus … [Read more...]

** SNAP CONFERENCE 2012 EXCLUSIVE ** One Hand Washes the Other: Jeff Anderson, Other Contingency Lawyers Bankroll Church-Bashing Group

Attorney Jeff Anderson Catholic abuse

The high-profile, Church-suing attorney Jeff Anderson offered up a whopping check for $43,950 to SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) as he orchestrated this year's fundraising session at the group's annual … [Read more...]

Compassion for Victims? SNAP Boots Alleged Clergy Abuse Victim From Its Annual Conference

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Tom McGregor at the Dallas Blog has exclusively reported that SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) expelled an alleged abuse victim of Catholic sex abuse from its annual conference last weekend in Chicago. McGregor … [Read more...]

It Never Ends: In Another Display of Hypocrisy, SNAP’s Clohessy Says Even Name of Penn State’s Paterno Should Be Banned

David Clohessy SNAP

According to an unhinged media statement by SNAP National Director David Clohessy, Penn State University's removal of a commemorative statue of legendary football coach Joe Paterno is not nearly enough punishment. According to the … [Read more...]

True Colors Revealed: SNAP Admits It Is ‘Grateful’ That Man Who Violently Pummeled Elderly Accused Priest Is Let Go

Barbara Dorris SNAP

The anti-Catholic advocacy group SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) says it is "grateful" that a criminal jury acquitted a man of felony assault after he brutally attacked an elderly priest that he said abused him … [Read more...]

SNAP Misses Beam in Its Own Eye While Demanding That Philly Priest be ‘Defrocked’

David Clohessy SNAP

In a letter to Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput, the hysterical anti-Catholic group SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) is now demanding that 61-year-old Msgr. William Lynn, recently acquitted of three criminal charges … [Read more...]

Shock: Is SNAP Advocating Violence Against Elderly Accused Priests?

Joey Piscitelli SNAP

Why is SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) appearing to support a brutal attack on an elderly priest accused of abuse? On May 10, 2010, Will Lynch, then 43, used a ruse to enter a retirement home for retired priests. He … [Read more...]

SNAP Member: Accused Priest’s Terminal Cancer is a ‘Stalling Tactic’

Cal Pfeiffer SNAP

According to the Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), Rev. James Schook has stage IV malignant melanoma, a particularly aggressive form of skin cancer, and he likely has just months to live. Meanwhile, the priest is facing criminal charges … [Read more...]

It’s Not Really About Sex Abuse: More Proof of SNAP’s Hidden Agenda

Barbara Blaine, SNAP

More proof has just emerged that the anti-Catholic group SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) is really more about advancing a left-wing agenda than fulfilling its purported mission "to provide support for men & … [Read more...]