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	Alleged Abuse Victims Rally near Clergy Meet By Nicole C. Brambila Desert Sun [Palm Springs CA] February 14, 2007 http://www.thedesertsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070214/NEWS01/702140332/1006 Six quilts with more than 150 pictures of alleged clergy sex-abuse victims will be on display today in downtown Palm Springs. The quilts will be held up for the public and attendees of a local clergy conference to see at 11 a.m. at the corner of Tahquitz Canyon Way and Indian Canyon Drive. Alleged victims also are expected to share their stories. Outside Hotel Zoso, where Catholic clergy were having a conference Tuesday, members of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, passed out fliers about the event. "All we want to do is help educate people," said Joelle Casteix, a SNAP regional director in Southern California. Organized in 1989, SNAP is a nonprofit networking and referral organization of 8,000 members nationwide. The group requested to be a part of the National Organization for Continuing Education of Roman Catholic Clergy conference this week in Palm Springs. The organization refused, said David Clohessy, SNAP's national director. Jim Alphen, executive director of the National Organization for Continuing Education of Roman Catholic Clergy, declined comment. "We simply want to heal the wounded and protect the vulnerable," Clohessy said. "Every single time we do an event like this we find another victim. "We do this because it works." For more information, visit www.snapnetwork.org or call (314) 862-7688.
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