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	SNAP Continues Local Efforts Zanesville Times Recorder March 18, 2008 http://zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080318/UPDATES01/80318033/1002/NEWS01 CAMBRIDGE — Members of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, held a press conference Tuesday at the Guernsey County Sheriff's Office to urge past victims of abuse to come forward. A former priest in the Steubenville Diocese, Fr. Gary Zalenski, was reported to the sheriff's office in January after a woman came forward to accuse Zalenski of abusing her as a child. Zalenski has served as a priest and teacher at churches and schools in Guernsey and Noble counties. He was suspended from active parish duty in Nov. 2007. Judy Jones, Southeastern Ohio SNAP director, said the group is urging the Guernsey County Prosecutor's Office to move forward with charges against Zalenski and for Steubenville Bishop R. Daniel Conlon to send Zalenski to an in-patient center to receive treatment. Jones was accompanied by Cincinnati attorney Konrad Kircher, who has represented dozens of clergy sex abuse victims over the years. She said the group is also currently seeking donations to help pay for a billboard in the area which will be used to help publicize their group and encourage those who have seen, suspected or suffered clergy abuse to come forward, get help and call the police. SNAP has approached Lamar Advertising about using a billboard in Bridgeport. Those wishing to make a donation for the project should send them to: SNAP, PO Box 6416, Chicago, IL 60680, or go to SNAPnetwork.org
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