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2nd Open Letter To Pope Francis From Survivors Of Clergy & Religious Child Sexual Abuse In The NZ Catholic Church
Wednesday, 7 June 2023, 10:06 pm | SNAP
Worldwide, 7 June 2023 Upper Hutt, New Zealand 7 June 2023 His Holiness Pope Francis Casa Santa Marta 00120 Vatican City State Your Holiness, tēnā koe! Once again, we send you warm greetings from Aotearoa New Zealand. We draw your attention to our ... More >>
Catholic Church Child Sex Abuse Survivors King’s Birthday Appeal To Governor-General
Monday, 5 June 2023, 7:03 pm | SNAP
Worldwide, 05 June 2023 The sexual abuse survivor group SNAP Aotearoa says New Zealand’s sovereignty is being compromised with the concealment of sex abuse crimes through the political privilege and immunity granted by the NZ Government to The Holy See ... More >>
Pope’s Francis Commission To Safeguard Children Lacks “responsibility, compliance, accountability and transparency.”
Friday, 31 March 2023, 6:57 pm | SNAP
The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, established by Pope Francis on 22 March 2014 to promote the protection of children and vulnerable adults, has lost its last founding member. The resignation of Hans Zollner SJ from the Commission ... More >>
Open Letter To Pope Francis From Survivors Of Clergy And Religious Child Sexual Abuse In The Catholic Church
Monday, 27 March 2023, 11:07 am | SNAP
His Holiness Pope Francis Casa Santa Marta 00120 Vatican City State Your Holiness, tēnā koe! Warm greetings from Aotearoa New Zealand. We wrote to you on 2 September 2022 – copy of letter attached. We expressed our concerns about victims and survivors ... More >>
New Zealand Catholic Church Lacks Transparency In Denying Survivor Complaints
Sunday, 26 February 2023, 8:30 pm | SNAP
The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) in Aotearoa says the Catholic Church in New Zealand is still failing to properly respond to credible allegations of clerical and religious child sexual abuse. SNAP says no explanation is given to ... More >>
SNAP Aotearoa Responds To Death Of George Cardinal Pell
Friday, 13 January 2023, 2:58 pm | SNAP
George Pell’s death will be a terribly trigger for many victims and survivors of Catholic clergy and religious abuse and child sexual assault, not just in Australian but also here in Aotearoa New Zealand and worldwide. Pell was one of the world’s ... More >>
Response To Catholic Church’s Public Relations Statements
Thursday, 12 January 2023, 3:11 pm | SNAP
The statements by NZ Catholic Church leaders on “looking forward from the work of the Royal Commission on Abuse in Care,” and their proposed commitments to handle clergy and religious sexual abuse complaints differently, and support mandatory reporting, ... More >>
SNAP Aotearoa Responds To Death Of Pope Benedict XVI
Sunday, 1 January 2023, 7:55 pm | SNAP
Pope Benedict XVI was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City State from 2005 until his resignation in 2013. During that time, he was irrefutably more concerned about the church’s deteriorating image than he was about caring ... More >>
Mandatory Reporting Of Sexual Abuse Allegations
Thursday, 29 December 2022, 5:38 am | SNAP
The Aotearoa New Zealand abuse survivor group SNAP has asked the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care to carefully examine the American Catholic Church’s charter on clerical and religious child sexual abuse known as the Dallas Charter 20 years ... More >>
Clergy Child Sex Abuse Survivors Harmed Again By Catholic Church Professional Standards Office
Sunday, 16 October 2022, 6:55 pm | SNAP
The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) in Aotearoa New Zealand is again calling on Catholic Church leaders to audit their National Office for Professional Standards. That Office is responsible for complaints of sexual abuse perpetrated ... More >>
'Evidence Contradicts Church Statements'
Saturday, 8 October 2022, 7:06 pm | SNAP
The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care begins its final Hearing this month. Focus is on the responses of faith-based institutions to abuse and neglect under their care. Recent publications from various churches claim that church leaders ... More >>
Catholic Church’s Redress Not Fit For Purpose
Friday, 12 August 2022, 11:25 am | SNAP
A sexual abuse survivor group SNAP says the Government’s decision to allow faith-based institutions like the Catholic Church to continue providing redress to survivors would just re-traumatise Catholic Church survivors. SNAP’s national leader, Christopher ... More >>
Local Theologian Criticises Vatican
Wednesday, 1 June 2022, 6:37 am | SNAP
A New Zealand theologian has expressed disappointment the Vatican did not use non-church experts in its recent three-year pilot of new law to hold Catholic bishops to account for their safeguarding procedures. Catholic bishops worldwide have come under severe ... More >>
SNAP Aotearoa Welcomes Catholic Diocese Of Dunedin’s Decision To Rename Kavanagh College
Friday, 18 March 2022, 8:38 pm | SNAP
SNAP Aotearoa also fully supports the official request to rename Christchurch’s Marylands Reserve and Marylands Pl along with two other streets named after Catholic places associated with horrific clerical and religious child sexual abuse. SNAP encourages ... More >>
SNAP Aotearoa Responds To Damning Evidence On St John Of God Brothers
Monday, 14 February 2022, 7:50 pm | SNAP
Evidence presented to the New Zealand Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care today regarding the Hospitaller Brothers of St John of God revealed that almost all of the Order’s brothers operating in New Zealand faced allegations of abuse. ... More >>
SNAP Survivor Group Comments On Catholic Church Abuse Statistics Report Released Today
Tuesday, 1 February 2022, 5:51 pm | SNAP
Today’s report relates only to those cases where an actual complaint was lodged and recorded. The Catholic Church has simply released what information it has recorded and this should not be seen as a comprehensive listing of all abuse that has occurred. ... More >>
Snap Sets New Standard for Fast Home Broadband
Monday, 20 October 2014, 10:36 am | SNAP
20 October 2014 - Snap’s national high speed 200Mbps UFB plans, announced today, give Kiwis access to the country’s fastest broadband throughout New Zealand. More >>
Snap Becomes ‘YouTube HD Verified’
Friday, 13 June 2014, 10:36 am | SNAP
13 June 2014 – Snap, one of New Zealand’s fastest growing telecommunications providers, has received the highest rating in Google’s first Video Quality Report in New Zealand. More >>
SNAP wins ISP Provider of the Year
Saturday, 5 September 2009, 1:14 pm | SNAP
Christchurch internet service provider SNAP Internet has beaten the big corporates and walked away from this week’s TUANZ awards with the top prize for its category. More >>
Snap Printing Ready for Take Off
Friday, 13 March 2009, 3:57 pm | SNAP
Snap Printing is making Kiwis snap-happy by becoming the first national Print Partner for Air New Zealand’s AirpointsTM Frequent Flyer Program. Australasia’s largest printing and design services company are offering customers the opportunity to earn ... More >>
