Monthly Archives: January 2012

SNAP PROTECTS CHILD MOLESTERS

By |2017-03-20T17:52:34-04:00January 10th, 2012|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: , , |

The weekly St. Louis alternative newspaper, Riverfront Times, published an exchange today between reporter Nicholas Phillips and David Clohessy, director of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP). Clohessy is quoted as saying the following about St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson: “Archbishop Carlson and his brother Catholic bishops have hired, hidden, transferred, defended and [...]

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BOSTON VICTIMS’ SUMMIT BOMBS

By |2017-03-20T17:52:34-04:00January 9th, 2012|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Over the weekend, lawyers, columnists, reporters, psychiatrists, and activists attended the “10th Anniversary Celebration & Conference” in Boston; it marked the 10th anniversary of media reports on the Boston clergy sexual abuse scandal. Commenting on the outcome is Catholic League president Bill Donohue: A whopping 75 people turned out for the conference, 25 of whom were [...]

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SANTORUM’S CATHOLICISM ATTACKED

By |2017-03-20T17:52:34-04:00January 6th, 2012|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on recent attacks on presidential candidate Rick Santorum’s religion: Rick Santorum is deserving of closer scrutiny now that he is a top contender for the Republican nomination, but this does not justify either misrepresenting, or attacking, his faith. John Gehring of Faith in Public Life fails to distinguish between the [...]

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BOSTON VICTIMS BASK IN MISERY

By |2019-09-20T15:09:15-04:00January 5th, 2012|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: |

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a front-page story in today’s Boston Globe on alleged victims of priestly sexual abuse who are speaking up on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Globe’s series on the scandal in the Boston Archdiocese: Many Catholics that I have spoken to, including the clergy, have grown weary [...]

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ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH SHOWS ITS COLORS

By |2019-09-20T15:10:02-04:00January 5th, 2012|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: , , |

On January 2, the director of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), David Clohessy, was deposed for going public with information he allegedly obtained from a lawyer in violation of a court gag order issued by Circuit Court Judge Ann Mesle. Barbara Dorris, another SNAP officer, has also been served with a subpoena. [...]

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VICTIMS’ LOBBY TO MEET IN BOSTON

By |2022-04-13T09:17:19-04:00January 4th, 2012|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: , |

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments as follows: The professional victims’ lobby is meeting in Boston this weekend for the “10th Anniversary Celebration & Conference.” Shamelessly, they are “celebrating” the 10th anniversary of media reports on the Boston clergy sexual abuse scandal. The speakers have quite a resume. We know from past experience what drives them. [...]

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SNAP HAS SNAPPED

By |2019-09-20T15:10:40-04:00January 4th, 2012|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: , , |

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the director of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), David Clohessy, and its outreach director, Barbara Dorris: Yesterday I said, “[David] Clohessy never tires of lecturing the Catholic Church on the need for transparency, yet when he is in the hot seat he rebels.” I was [...]

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SNAP HONCHO IN A SNIT

By |2017-03-20T17:52:34-04:00January 3rd, 2012|Categories: Latest News Releases|Tags: , , |

Yesterday, the director of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), David Clohessy, was deposed in St. Louis regarding allegations that he issued news releases based on information contained in legal documents from attorney Rebecca Randles; those documents were subjected to a gag order last August by Jackson County, Missouri Circuit Court Judge Ann [...]

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