AUSTRALIA
SNAP Australia
WHAT
Holding signs and childhood photos, clergy sex abuse victims will
–hold a vigil to remember dozens of men and women who were molested as children by clergy and committed suicide,
–present small gifts to their families from the families of US clergy sex abuse suicide victims, and
— urge anyone who saw, suspected, or suffered child sex crimes or cover ups to “call police, expose wrongdoers, protect kids, and start healing.”
WHEN
Tuesday November 27 at 12.45 pm
WHERE
Ballarat: Midlands Golf Club – Club Lounge, Heinz Lane, Invermay Park VIC 3350
WHO
Two leaders of an international support group called SNAP (the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priest) including an American woman, who is the organisation’s president and founder (She will also meet with Ballarat child sexual abuse victims and families of victims of abuse who took their lives.)
WHY
The Catholic Diocese of Ballarat has seen a large number of suicides stemming from childhood abuse at the hands of priests. Police are investigating at least 40 suicide cases with a link to clerics.
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