Jewish and Catholic clergy are squaring off over legislation in New York State to reform statute of limitation laws for childhood sexual abuse. In this case, let’s root for the rabbis – because if they win, the real winners will be victims who have been foreclosed from seeking justice against their perpetrators for far too […]

Often more heat than light is generated by the scandals that have rocked the Church. Lawsuits and forced retirements in the OCA, the Antiochian Church in an uproar over what many perceive as the demotion of their bishops, and recinding of self-rule. Other jurisdictions struggle with abuse or arbitrariness, growth and governance. The rending of […]

Montreal Study Child abuse can indelibly mark and alter genes in its young victims, leaving them less able to cope with stress later in life, according to new Canadian research. A Montreal team has discovered large numbers of “chemical marks,” which inhibit a key mechanism for dealing with stress, in the brains of young men […]

For immediate release: Friday, October 3, 2008 Statement by Barbara Blaine of Chicago, national president member of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (312-399-4747) We believe this is a first in US history: a clergyman defrocked for concealing a pedophile priest’s crimes. We believe it should happen far more often. This long […]

It doesn’t matter how many cups of mints are on the table at a meeting of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests or how much coffee is being brewed – the gathering still reeks of pain. The central Illinois SNAP chapter allowed me to attend a support group meeting recently with certain restrictions […]