By Kelly Gilmartin
WHIZ
September 17, 2007
http://www.whiznews.com/tv/article.php?articleId=19110
A national organization for victims of clergy abuse and their families is holding a meeting tonight in New Concord.
Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, is holding a meeting at the Muskingum County Library New Concord Branch from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight to give victims a chance to come forward and talk about their abuse.
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"What we do is we give them a guidance as to where to go. We also tell them that they're not alone and we also let them be able to talk with us and know that we believe them, you know that they have been abused," said Helen Schoeppner, Steubenville SNAP leader.
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The organization is open to victims of abuse by religious figures in any denomination with the goal of getting victims to come forward and report the crimes so that others will be protected.
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"The first thing that we recommend to a victim who has been abused is contact the law enforcement and they will do the proper investigation and then we are here as SNAP to help them and guide them in anyway that we can," she said.
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The next SNAP meeting will take place in Columbus on October 15th from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Columbus Public Library Livingston Branch.
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