TOLEDO (OH)
Blade
BY TK BARGER
BLADE RELIGION EDITOR
A day after the Catholic Diocese of Toledo’s former bishop was installed as archbishop in Hartford, Conn., two prominent members of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests went to the diocesan offices in Toledo to present a pen and a screwdriver as symbols calling for change.
Barbara Blaine, SNAP’s founder and president, a Chicagoan who formerly lived in Toledo, and Claudia Vercellotti, a Toledo SNAP leader, went into the Catholic Center at 1933 Spielbusch Ave. on Tuesday and gave the items to a receptionist.
Before making their presentation, the women stood on the sidewalk in front of the diocesan offices and held SNAP posters and a board of school-age pictures of people, including Ms. Blaine and Ms. Vercellotti, who say they were abused by clergy.
Ms. Vercellotti pointed to a prominent sign on a wing of the Catholic Center building designating it as “Monsignor Doyle Hall,” saying that the diocese paid a settlement to a woman who alleged she was abused as a child by Msgr. Michael Doyle, who died in 1987.
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