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	Clergy Sex Abuse Victims Comment on Archdiocese Tax Issue By Barbara Dorris Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests June 16, 2009 http://www.snapnetwork.org/snap_statements/2009_statements/061609_clergy_sex_abuse_victims_comment_on_archdiocese_ tax_issue.htm When it comes to their 'separate corporations,' Catholic officials want it both ways. In clergy sex and cover up lawsuits, they routinely claim that schools, parishes, and other church entities are entirely separate and their assets can't be 'co-mingled.' Now in San Francisco, to gain tax advantages, they claim these 'separate corporations' aren't really separate at all. This just seems like more ingenuous and desperate lawyering by a hierarchy more committed to self preservation than anything else. (SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, is the nation's oldest and largest support group for clergy abuse victims. We've been around for 20 years and have more than 9,000 members across the country. Despite the word "priest" in our title, we have members who were molested by religious figures of all denominations, including nuns, rabbis, bishops, and protestant ministers. Our website is snapnetwork.org) Contact David Clohessy, SNAP National Director 314 566 9790, Barbara Blaine, SNAP President and Founder 312 399 4747, Barbara Dorris, SNAP Outreach Director 314 862 7688
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