ILLINOIS
Cook County Record
Laura Halleman Feb. 1, 2017
CHICAGO – A former employee of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) is suing the group, alleging collusion with survivors’ attorneys – charges the group denies.
The former employee, Chicago resident Gretchen Rachel Hammond, alleges in her lawsuit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court, that the advocacy group conspired with attorneys for plaintiffs who sought help from SNAP, resulting in the group accepting “kickbacks” in the form of a donation to SNAP once a case was taken on.
Hammond also alleges that there were no grief or rape counselors on staff at SNAP to help victims of clergy abuse.
“SNAP is a self-help peer support group. Its foundation is based on this,” Barbara Dorris, SNAP outreach director, told the Cook County Record. “We think that grief and rape counselors are incredibly important. We encourage survivors to seek outside counseling. We do not offer that here, but we encourage it.”
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