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Clergy Abuse Survivors Call New Zealanders To Hold Bishops To Account
Monday, 2 February 2026, 9:14 am | SNAP
The call comes amid ongoing frustrations with the handling of clergy and religious sexual abuse complaints by New Zealand's Catholic bishops. More >>
Clergy Abuse Survivors Urge NZ Catholics To Wear White on Sunday As Sign To Hold Church Leaders Accountable
Monday, 5 January 2026, 9:34 am | SNAP
SNAP reports that survivors are currently facing insurmountable obstacles in obtaining justice and healing as church leaders are now using lawyers in their pastoral redress process. More >>
Catholic Church Abuse Survivors In Asia /Oceania Call Out Pontifical Commission Report
Tuesday, 28 October 2025, 7:06 pm | SNAP
The report failed to mention how church leaders across Asia and Oceania remain unaccountable and non-transparent to their congregations and the broader community about the nature and extent of abuse and how they are responding on the ground today. More >>
SNAP To Pope Leo: “You Could End The Abuse Crisis, You’re Choosing Not To”
Saturday, 27 September 2025, 7:16 pm | SNAP
A church that continues to shield known offenders, refuses to discipline bishops who facilitate abuse by keeping rapists and abusers in power, and a church that will use every tool at their disposal to preserve this system. More >>
Clergy Abuse Survivors Dismayed By New Zealand Catholic Bishops’ Social Justice Statement 2025
Wednesday, 20 August 2025, 8:15 pm | SNAP
Survivors and survivor advocates across New Zealand note that despite the bishops’ public statements, there has been no practice by the bishops of the social justice principles of participation, solidarity, and subsidiarity with victims and survivors ... More >>
Church Abuse Survivors Dismayed By New Zealand Catholic Bishops Pastoral Statement On Fighting Hopelessness
Monday, 26 May 2025, 7:30 am | SNAP
For the New Zealand Catholic bishops to hide their actions behind prayer and press releases while ignoring the plight of victims and survivors within their dioceses makes their pastoral statements nothing more than hollow words. More >>
New Zealand Survivors Of Catholic Clergy Abuse Respond To Papal Election Of Robert Prevost
Friday, 9 May 2025, 9:48 am | SNAP
The survivors say Prevost’s election to the papacy is troublesome because of his record in handling clergy sexual abuse cases. Prevost has a history of allowing abusive clergy to continue in ministry. He has also disallowed investigations against accused ... More >>
Cardinals Confirm Pope Francis’ Failure To End Clerical Sexual Abuse
Tuesday, 6 May 2025, 11:49 am | SNAP
Pre-conclave meetings among cardinals have emphasized the urgent need for the next Pope to prioritise the issue of clerical sexual abuse. This reflects a growing understanding that Pope Francis’ reforms. More >>
Pope Francis Has Died. New Zealand Survivors Of Catholic Church Abuse Respond
Monday, 21 April 2025, 9:53 pm | SNAP
Bergoglio was a significant person on the world stage. However, sadly his handling of sexual abuse cases, while considerably better than his predecessors, was not impressive according to the SNAP in Aotearoa New Zealand. More >>
Catholic Church Abuse Survivors Respond To Death Of Disgraced Ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick: “Justice Was Never Served”
Saturday, 5 April 2025, 4:57 pm | SNAP
SNAP believes that many more McCarricks still hide in plain sight within the Catholic hierarchy today. SNAP will continue to fight for their exposure and accountability. More >>
Survivors Deliver Vos Estis Lux Mundi Complaints Against Six Cardinals To Vatican Secretary Of State Parolin
Sunday, 30 March 2025, 4:49 am | SNAP
Group claims each cardinal is unfit to be the next pope. More >>
Next Pope Must Institute A Zero Tolerance Law For Sexual Abuse
Friday, 28 February 2025, 5:18 pm | SNAP
The next pope must do what Francis refused: enact a universal zero-tolerance law for abuse and cover-up. Sympathy for the Pope must not mean ignoring his failure on abuse More >>
Faith-based Abuse Survivors Implore Government To Not Delay Redress
Tuesday, 4 February 2025, 5:22 pm | SNAP
Faith-based survivors want the government to implement the new puretumu torowhānui (redress) system without delay. More >>
NZ Survivors Of Catholic Church Abuse Respond To Bishops’ Pastoral Letter On Occasion Of Royal Commission Apology
Thursday, 2 January 2025, 11:40 am | SNAP
One of the striking differences between the public apology given by the Prime Minister and the bishops’ Letter is that the Prime Minister was clear when he distinguished between “us” “you,” and “them,” says the Survivors Network of those Abused ... More >>
New Zealand Catholic Bishop Denies Mishandling Abuse Complaints. Survivors Respond
Saturday, 30 November 2024, 11:01 pm | SNAP
20 November 2024 A New Zealand Catholic bishop, John Adams of Palmerston North, has denied knowing his National Office for Professional Standards (NOPS) mishandled clerical and religious sexual abuse complaints. Adams told the press last week , ... More >>
Abuse Survivors In Faith-based Care Publish Open Letter To New Zealand Prime Minister
Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 8:14 pm | SNAP
We request that your apology includes a commitment to act swiftly and with determination to establish a concrete programme of legislative reform to protect New Zealand citizens. More >>
Survivors Respond To Catholic Church Leaders “Renew Apology In Royal Commission Response”
Friday, 27 September 2024, 3:25 pm | SNAP
Survivor experiences in New Zealand remain that Catholic church leaders continue to be unaccountable and not transparent today. More >>
Catholic Church Abuse Survivors Publish Open Letter To Pope Francis In Oceania
Monday, 16 September 2024, 2:06 am | SNAP
The Survivors Network urges Pope Francis to take action and provide compensation for child abuse victims, rather than merely offering apologies, highlighting ongoing suffering in Oceania. More >>
Catholic Church Abuse Survivors Respond To Death Of Bishop Denis Browne
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 10:54 pm | SNAP
The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) in Oceania calls on the current bishops of Hamilton, Auckland, and Rarotonga, and all church leaders, to not follow in Bishop Browne’s negligent ways, and instead, support the abused in their dioceses ... More >>
Catholic Church Abuse Survivors Respond To Death Of Bishop Denis Browne
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 10:49 pm | SNAP
New Zealand Catholic Bishop Denis Browne, formerly of Hamilton (1994–2014), Auckland (1983–1994), and the Cook Islands and Niue (1977–1983), has died. Survivors remain traumatised by the Browne's response to abuse complaints. More >>
