(AP) – A victims’ support group that helped force the Roman Catholic
Church to confront the problem of child-molesting priests is going through
upheaval of its own, including the resignations of two top leaders and a
potentially reputation-damaging lawsuit.
Barbara Blaine stepped down Friday as president of the Survivors Network of
those Abused by Priests, or SNAP. And David Clohessy resigned as executive
director about a month ago. The change in leadership was sandwiched around a
Jan. 17 lawsuit accusing SNAP of taking kickbacks from lawyers.
Blaine and Clohessy said Monday that their resignations were planned months
ago and were unrelated to the lawsuit.
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