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	Priest Abuse Victims Urged to Speak out My Fox Philly February 21, 2011 http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/local_news/Philadelphia_Priest_Abuse_Scandal_022111 [with video] The Philadelphia Archdiocese is in the middle of a scandal. On Sunday, the group Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, held two meetings in Center City to urge other victims out there to come forward. The first meeting was for concerned Catholics and citizens. The second was a closed-door meeting for survivors of abuse. Members talked about how citizens and Catholics need to overcome fears and make reports to law enforcement when something is wrong. A catholic school teacher and three priests were arrested earlier this month on charges that included allegedly molesting two young boys and endangering children. The Philadephia District Attorney also accused the church of not doing enough to keep other known pedophile priests, mentioned in older complaints, away from children. The archdiocese responded last week by suspending three of those priests and promising to review all the cases mentioned in the grand jury report. Daily News columnist Ronnie Polaneczky, who wrote that there had not been enough fire put to the feet of church leaders, joins Fox 29 News on Sunday night to discuss whether recent arrests are enough.
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