UNITED STATES
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
For at least eight years, victims of child molesting nuns and members of SNAP have repeatedly urged America’s largest organization of nuns to expose the truth about child sex crimes and cover ups by women religious. But the LCWR (Leadership Conference of Women Religious) continues to essentially rebuff us and them.
Now more than ever, since they’re being attacked by bishops like we have been (and are being), nuns should be sympathetic to our plight. It grieves us to have to keep prodding them to take long-overdue, simple steps to protect the vulnerable and heal the wounded. But how can we do otherwise?
Contact: Steve Thiesen, Iowa SNAP Director and SNAP Board Member
Phone: 319-231-1663
Email: ltreggiefan@cs.com
(abused by Sister Josephine Schmitz, aka ‘Sister Mary Phillip’)
■2002 – LCWR refuses to participate in USCCB’s “Policy for the Protection of Children”
■ April 5, 2002 – LCWR issues statement on clerical abuse
■ August 24, 2002 – LCWR National Board issues statement on sexual abuse
■June 12, 2004 – Nun survivors meet for the first time in Denver at SNAP Conference
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