YOUNGSTOWN (OH)
Vindicator
By joe gorman
jgorman@vindy.com
youngstown
The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests — or SNAP — will have a private, local meeting today.
Judy Jones, Midwest associate director for SNAP, and Barb Dorris, SNAP outreach coordinator, both said the location and time of the meeting is being kept from the media. The session is to be a closed counseling session for those who have been abused by clergy, regardless of denomination.
Anyone who was a victim of abuse who wants to attend the meeting can call Dorris at 314-862-7688.
Jones said the biggest problem when dealing with abuse cases in the Catholic church is that the bishops in the individual dioceses do not all follow the zero-tolerance policy set down by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops when dealing with sexual abuse.
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