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	US Bishops Ignore Child Safety SNAP June 16, 2011 http://www.snapnetwork.org/snap_statements/2011_statements/061611_us_bishops_ignore_child_safety.htm Statement by Barbara Dorris of St. Louis, Outreach Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (314 862 7688 home, 314 503 0003 cell, SNAPdorris@gmail.com ) The bishops missed a real opportunity to show they really care about kids' safety. Instead, they sent a chilling message: the public relations plan we call our abuse policy is good enough, vague, weak, and unenforced though it may be. Hundreds of US bishops over the past nine years could have pushed for improvements to the "charter." Not a single one did. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/catholic-bishops-renew-abuse-prevention-plan-as-is-despite-pressure-to-close-loopholes/2011/06/16/AGX8eWXH_story.html (SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, is the world’s oldest and largest support group for clergy abuse victims. We’ve been around for 23 years and have more than 10,000 members. Despite the word “priest” in our title, we have members who were molested by religious figures of all denominations, including nuns, rabbis, bishops, and Protestant ministers. Our website is SNAPnetwork.org) Contact - David Clohessy (314-566-9790 cell, SNAPclohessy@aol.com), Barbara Blaine (312-399-4747, SNAPblaine@gmail.com),Peter Isely (414-429-7259, peterisely@yahoo.com),Barbara Dorris (314-862-7688 home, 314-503-0003 cell, SNAPdorris@gmail.com).
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