2014 SNAP Conference in Chicago; Report by Barbara Anderson & Kerry Louderback Wood

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  • AndersonsInfo
    AndersonsInfo

    2014 SNAP Conference Report

    Posted on August 20, 2014 by Barbara

    From August 1 – 3, Kerry Louderback Wood* and I attended the 2014 Annual SNAP** Conference, which was also its Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Celebration, in Chicago, Illinois.

    This organization was founded in 1988 as a self-help support group for those who were sexually violated, primarily by Catholic clergy. Early on, SNAP founders learned that church officials were more interested in protecting predators and their reputations, not in helping victims, just like the officials of Jehovah’s Witnesses were and are still doing.

    Why This Undertaking

    Our mission in attending the SNAP Conference was to bring greater attention to the plight of Jehovah’s Witness (JW) survivors of child sexual abuse primarily committed by elders and ministerial servants—the clergy of Jehovah’s Witnesses—and to inform the public how this religion’s beliefs inadvertently protect Witness pedophiles.

    READ MORE... http://watchtowerdocuments.org/2014-snap-conference-report/#more-3145

  • Londo111
    Londo111

    Thank you for your hard work.

  • AndersonsInfo
    AndersonsInfo

    Wow, I guess I'm a year younger today because I wrote in the subject line that it was the 2013 SNAP Conference I attended. Correction Attention: 2014!

  • blondie
    blondie

    Good for you Barbara and Kerry. Past efforts by others got off on the wrong foot. I'm glad to see that they are valuing what ex-jws can contribute and we are not invisible.

    When you are invited again, it would be nice to attend.

  • Simon
    Simon

    We appreciate your tireless efforts Barb !

  • Beautiful Dreamer
    Beautiful Dreamer

    Thank you Barbara and Kerry.

  • mouthy
    mouthy

    Thanks Barb

  • Quarterback
    Quarterback

    I couldn't carry the load that you have chosen. All the best with your work.

  • ABibleStudent
    ABibleStudent

    Thank you Barbara for keeping everyone abreast of what you are doing.

    Peace be with you and everyone, who you love,

    Robert

  • truthsetsonefree
    truthsetsonefree

    Good work as always!

    Isaac

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