The SNAP Conference is coming up this weekend in Northern Virginia. Beginning Friday evening at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, just south of Washington, D.C., SNAP members from all over the country and perhaps from around the world will come together to listen to speakers, mix and exchange stories and try to draw some comfort and… Continue reading If it is July, It must be time for the SNAP Conference
Category: Vatican Abuse
Silence on the net…
It has been a while... I have been struggling with some major issues in my life as of late. Matters involving my family and what is best for them, my job situation, and my own personal happiness are the priority. The blog just did not make the top of the priority list (or the middle for that matter) lately.… Continue reading Silence on the net…
The Blogroll is growing, but more bloggers are needed
Thanks to some clever programming by my developer, the Child Sexual Abuse Survivors Blogroll is up and running pretty well at this point. I have 13 blogs currently feeding into the website. The entire point of this centralized point was to allow readers to find many different voices blogging on the topic. If you read… Continue reading The Blogroll is growing, but more bloggers are needed
Australian Nun to be Patron Saint of Sexually Abused Children
Pope Benedict and the boys are making a dead Australian nun into god's answering machine for victims of sexual abuse by priests and other Catholic religious.
Prophecy
I had a conversation with a Victims Assistance Coordinator from the Diocese of Scranton in August. She is a very kind woman named Joan Holmes. She has consistently reached out to me since my initial notification to the Diocese of the events that occurred when I was 13 years old. While I still think that the… Continue reading Prophecy
Actus formalis defectionis ab Ecclesia catholica
I have come to the conclusion that I have very few options in what I can and cannot do in dealing with the Roman Catholic Church. So I am going to work on the things I can do. First and foremost, I need to make sure that the boys in Rome are not counting me… Continue reading Actus formalis defectionis ab Ecclesia catholica
Pandora’s Box
It seems that my last post opened Pandora's Box. What I thought was going to be an expression of the reasons for my exit from SNAP turned into a flash point for people for and against the way SNAP operates. I have received more email on both sides of this discussion than I expected. It… Continue reading Pandora’s Box
Parting Company with SNAP
Update: If you are coming into this blog post from TheMediaReport.com click here to see my response to Mr. Pierre's use of my post to support his attack on SNAP. I began writing this post over a month ago. It was put aside as my attention went to other, more important events in my life.… Continue reading Parting Company with SNAP
Posting the Pope not for everyone
I have received some feedback on the campaign to reply to Pope Benedict XVI's letter to the Irish people (Dear Mr. Ratzinger: Letters from Ireland, ). Some have enthusiastically embraced the idea and plan to write a note to the Pontiff to express their opinion of his prose to the Irish nation. Others think it… Continue reading Posting the Pope not for everyone
“Dear Mr. Ratzinger” Campaign
I have a new hero in Ireland. Her name is Emma Somers. She is a free-lance writer and she has come up with the most elegant and simple way to reply to Pope Benedict XVI's letter to the Irish people regarding the sex crisis in the Catholic Church. We are all going to drop him a… Continue reading “Dear Mr. Ratzinger” Campaign
Off My Knees - A Blog by Michael Baumann 