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	SNAP Delivers "Donation" to Chicago Archdiocese Chicago Breaking News July 31, 2010 http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/07/snap-delivers-donation-to-chicago-archdiocese.html Tucson native Frank Douglas made a small offering to the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago on Saturday: $200 in pennies. Douglas and a group of about a dozen fellow Catholic activists this afternoon left the national conference of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, to drop off the boxes of pennies. The donation, received by a quizzical security guard at the Archdiocese offices at 835 N. Rush St., was seed money for a fund for the estimated 20,000 victims of sexual abuse by clergy in the U.S., Douglas said. "Bishops have spent millions of dollars on lawyers to re-victimize the victims and their families," Douglas said. "We want the cardinal to redirect (the church's) spending habits." Douglas is national director of Send The Bishops a Message, which urges Catholics to express outrage that the church's handling of sexual abuse scandals by drastically reducing donations. "Money is power. Just put a penny on the collection plate when it goes by," he said. "We'll use the power of the purse to send them a message." About 250 people are in town the SNAP conference, an event that featured speakers and workshops tackling issues ranging from "Starting the Criminal Process" to "Moral Guilt: The Plight of Those Raised in the Roman Catholic Church." Archdiocese officials were not at the Rush Street headquarters Saturday, and did not immediately return calls from the Tribune. The SNAP national conference is being held this weekend at the Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza, 350 W. Mart Center Dr.
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