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  On Sunday May 1, Church-Going Catholics to Be Asked to Sign a Pledge to Call the Cops When They Suspect a Child Is Being Abused

Voice from the Desert
May 1, 2011

http://reform-network.net/?p=9977

On the day when Roman Catholic church officials beatify Pope John Paul II, hundreds of SNAP volunteers will pass out leaflets in 7 countries and 70 cities around the world urging Catholic church goers to sign a pledge to report suspicions of child sex abuse to secular authorities, i.e., the cops or the local district attorney's office.

It is not too late to join them.

If you can't join them, sign and mail the pledge reproduced below.

Please find a site closest to you and attend that event. If you can attend, please call the contact person for that event and tell him/her that you will be there.

For more details visit www.snapnetwork.org.

The cities where the events will be taking place Sunday May 1 (tomorrow) are:

Antwerpen (Antwerp) Belgium; Arden, NC; Arlington, VA; Asheville, NC; Athens, OH; Belleville, IL; Bellflower, CA; Boston, MA; Brisbane, Australia; Brugge (Bruges), Belgium; Camden, NJ; Candler, NC; Charleston, WV; Chicago, IL;Cincinnati, OH; Columbus, OH; Corpus Christi, TX; Costa Mesa, CA; Covington, KY; Cuenca, Ecuador; Dayton, OH; Denver, CO; Detroit (St. Clair Shores), MI; Eureka, CA; Idaho Falls, ID; Indianapolis, IN; Kansas City, MO; La Crosse, WI; Longwood, FL; Los Angeles, CA; Metuchen, NJ; Midland, MI; Newark, NJ; New York, NY; Norwich, CT; Oakland, CA; Ontario, CA; Orlando, FL; Paris, France;Philadelphia, PA; Pittsburgh, PA; Quito, Ecuador; Rockford, IL; Sacramento, CA;San Antonio, TX; San Francisco, CA; Santa Maria, CA; Santa Rosa, CA; Seattle, WA; St. Louis, MO; Steubenville, OH; Swannanoa, NC; Sydney, Australia; Toledo, OH; Utrecht, Netherlands; Wheeling, WV; Wilmington, DE; Winter Park, FL; Youngstown, OH

These events only take about an hour but send a strong message that children need and deserve our protection. Please plan to attend…OR SIGN THE PLEDGE.

 
 

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