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	Church Controversy ABC 13 [Ohio] January 29, 2007 http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?section=local&id=4981370 SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priest, says it's taken 15 years to get to this day, but there are still many questions that remain unanswered. A victim of the sexual abuse stood outside the diocese and called for answers. He says he's waited 15 years for Father Joseph Schmelzer to be punished for his actions and to be removed from Saint Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in Van-Wert. He and leaders of SNAP, are still looking for answers about how things were handled by the diocese and questions about letters which they blew up to show that were possibly altered. They want answers and an apology. Victim Jon Schoonmaker says, "After 15 years of them knowing that he was a sexual predator, he has finally been removed. His appeal to the Vatican was denied, and that is an important day, that is an important happening for survivors in Toledo."
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