December 2002 | BOSTON GLOBE – One thing that makes Phil Saviano happy is his carvings.
His home is full of wood carvings of birds, dragons, angels, monkeys – carvings he imports from Mexico and sells over the Internet. It’s not a career. It’s a creative hobby, a way to bring some balance to his life.
October 2002 | BOSTON HERALD – “Phil Saviano still remembers “the coolness of the dark church basement; the smell of his sickly, sweet cologne; the beads of sweat on his forehead; the force of his hands around my skinny wrist, the sense of being completely trapped.”
September 2002 | BOSTON GLOBE – “Facing a barrage of criticism from alleged victims of clergy sexual abuse, Bishop Daniel Reilly of the Diocese of Worcester yesterday ordered church lawyers to withdraw a subpoena that attempted to force a victims support group to turn over the names and records of its members.”
September 2002 | BOSTON GLOBE – “When Cyndi Desrosiers learned that the Worcester Diocese was doing battle with SNAP, a support group for victims of clergy sexual abuse, she wasn’t surprised. . . In her experience, sensitivity wasn’t a high priority for either the diocese or its lawyers.”
September 2002 | WORCESTER TELEGRAM & GAZETTE – “Bishop Daniel P. Reilly, through his lawyers, has subpoenaed the confidential records of all alleged victims of clergy sexual abuse from the Worcester, MA Diocese who have contacted the organization SNAP — the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests. “I believe the intent here is to keep more victims from coming forward to talk about their abuse by priests,” said Philip Saviano, SNAP regional director” READ COLUMN ON PDF
May 2002 | NEW YORK TIMES – “For more than ten years, the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests was little more than a loose support group of men and women who gathered in one another’s homes to share tears, traumatic memories and legal advice.” READ REPORT ON PDF
2002 | LE CROIX, FRANCE – J’ai attendu le dernier moment pour en parler à mes parents. » Phil Saviano avait toujours caché ce drame intime. Il avait été abusé sexuellement par un prêtre à l’âge de 11 ans.READ ARTICLE ONLINE
September 2002 | CORRIERE DELA SERA – News report in Italy’s largest circulation daily newspaper profiles SNAP victim’s advocate Phil Saviano.
March 2002 | THE TIMES (UK) – “Phil Saviano was 11 when the local catholic priest first pulled him into the Church sacristy, showed him a pornographic magazine and demanded sexual favours. The abuse continued for two years and now Mr. Saviano is trying to encourage others who endured similar ordeals to go public with their stories.”
HARTFORD COURANT | March 26, 2002 By Susan Campbell Phil Saviano was an 11-year old in love with fishing and …