The Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester, MA has launched a legal attack against the leading support group for victims of clergy abuse. The diocese has issued a subpoena to Regional Director Phil Saviano for the chapter’s confidential records and commanded him to testify on behalf of the Bishop of Worcester in a civil suit. READ STATEMENT ON PDF
2002 | SNAP Responds to Subpoena from Worcester Diocese
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester, MA has launched a legal attack against the leading support group for victims of clergy abuse. The diocese has issued a subpoena to Regional Director Phil Saviano for the chapter’s confidential records and commanded him to testify on behalf of the Bishop of Worcester in a civil suit. READ PRESS RELEASE ON PDF
1999 | SNAP Chapter Newsletter
This is one of a series of periodic newsletters sent to the local chapter mailing list of roughly eighty clergy abuse survivors. The letters announce upcoming meetings and provide a summary of recent developments in the issue of clergy abuse. In this newsletter, Phil updates the group on his work with newspapers in Dallas and Ft. Worth regarding priests transferred there from New England, his pitch to the Boston Herald to come sit in on an upcoming SNAP meeting, and his efforts to interest ABC News in a report on Catholic treatment centers for priests. READ NEWSLETTER ON PDF
1997 | Launch of New England Chapter of SNAP
Area survivors of sexual abuse by clergy are forming a New England Chapter of the Chicago-based SNAP — Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests. Regional coordinator of the chapter will be Phil Saviano, a native of the Worcester Diocese, now living in Boston. READ PRESS RELEASE ON PDF