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	Group Asks Diocese Not to Appeal Lawsuit Ruling Journal Star January 25, 2009 http://www.pjstar.com/news/x808817748/Group-asks-diocese-not-to-appeal-lawsuit-ruling PEORIA — The local chapter of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) is asking the Catholic Diocese of Peoria not to appeal a recent court ruling reinstating 10 sex abuse lawsuits. Members of SNAP held a news conference and distributed fliers supporting the group's cause Sunday morning outside the Cathedral of Mary of the Immaculate Conception, 607 NE Madison Ave. Earlier this week, the 3rd District Court of Appeals in Ottawa reinstated the cases, which had been tossed out in 2007 because two Peoria County judges said they were filed to late. Jeff Jones, 55, of Rockford heads the Peoria chapter of SNAP and said the ruling could help other childhood victims of priest abuse expose their predators in court. Jones said he was abused in the late 1960s and early 1970s by the Rev. Walter Breuning while he was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Pekin. He cited repressed memories as the reason he didn't act sooner. Jones said he wants Jenky to accept the ruling and not to try to appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court. He said the church should settle the case or let it go forward in the court system. Diocesan officials could not be reached for comment on Sunday.
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