JOHNSTOWN (PA)
Tribune Democrat
Oct. 9, 2019
By Dave Sutor
Shaun Dougherty first learned about the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests when he watched the 2015 movie “Spotlight” that told the story of work being done by journalists, SNAP and attorney Mitchell Garabedian to expose clergy sexual abuse in the Boston area.
Around the same time, the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General released a grand jury report that detailed decades of sexual abuse and coverup within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown in which Dougherty’s own alleged victimization was mentioned.
Dougherty, a Westmont resident, soon started attending SNAP support meetings and advocating for victims.
Those two paths recently converged with Dougherty being named to SNAP’s Board of Directors.
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