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WTOC
By Don Logana, Anchor
SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) –
An effort is underway to reach out to victims of clergy abuse in Savannah.
We caught up with Michael Corbett, the local director of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP), to learn more about the newly formed group’s mission.
Last month, Catholic Diocese of Savannah paid out a record $4.5 million for a priest abuse case involving a child. Not all victims can afford lawsuits. Victims and advocates we spoke to say many victims of clergy abuse suffer in silence alone, and even money doesn’t heal the wounds.
“Money can help provide some necessities, relieve some anxieties, but it can’t bring back your childhood or all the years we lost in the meantime,” said Corbett.
Corbett lives and works in Savannah, but he was a 17-year-old teenager in Boston when he was sexually assaulted by a Catholic Priest, Father Robert Gale. His story – along with many others – was told in the Academy Award-winning movie, Spotlight, which is based on the award-winning expose on child sex abuse in the Boston Archdiocese.
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