Barbara Blaine is the founder and president of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests. Having reported her abuse in 1985 to Conference Speakers church leaders, Blaine naively assumed that they would ensure that the perpetrator would be removed and they would help her to find healing. After a couple of years, she realized that the church leaders wouldn’t help and she still needed healing. She decided to find other survivors in the hope that they would help each other to cope with the effects of the abuse as well as to work together to keep others safe. Since its founding in 1988, SNAP has grown to over 9,000 members in all 50 states and other countries too. Blaine holds Jeff Anderson MSW, Mdiv and JD degrees. She is a social Jeff Anderson is a nationally worker and attorney who previously worked known trial lawyer and a pioneer with homeless families in and then in representing victims of sexual represented abused and neglected children in abuse across the country. He Cook County Court until 2003. and his firm of dedicated professionals use the civil justice Justice Anne Burke system and the crucible of the courtroom to Throughout her long career in seek justice for those abused by and public service as a children’s other trusted professionals by trial and through advocate and legal professional, public advocacy for child protection. Justice Anne M. Burke of the Illinois Supreme Court’s First Jeff was named a Top 100 Lawyer in District has endeavored to Minnesota, 2003 Lawyer of the Year by provide a voice to society’s most fragile Minnesota Lawyer, and in Top 40 Personal citizens. She was appointed to the Supreme Injury Lawyers and was recognized by William Court on July 6, 2006 and was elected in 2008. Mitchell College of Law as among the 100 Who Before her appointment to the judiciary, Justice Made a Difference. In 2008 he received the Burke was a leading advocate on behalf of prestigious Steven Sharp Public Service Award Chicago’s most vulnerable of young people. by the American Association of Justice and was a finalist for Trial Lawyer of the Year by Public Before serving on the Illinois Appellate Court, Justice Foundation for his advocacy in Justice Burke provided in depth leadership in representing hundreds of survivors in Southern reshaping and improving the Illinois juvenile California. justice system.

Jeff is honored and inspired by the courage of Issues and causes impacting the civic, cultural survivors breaking the silence, knowing that and educational life of Chicago have been a together, every time we speak and act, children priority for Justice Burke throughout her are protected across this nation. professional career. In the past, she has served as Interim Chair of the of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. who knew what, when, and why the abuse was Joelle Casteix allowed to continue unabated for so long. Joelle Casteix was born and Clohessy is married and has two sons. raised in Southern California,

was sexually abused between the ages of 15 and Christine Courtois 17 by her high school choir Dr. Christine A. Courtois is a director. After years of Psychologist in independent advocacy and her civil lawsuit which was a practice in Washington, DC. She part of the 2005 Orange County Diocese received her PhD from the settlement, Joelle was able to publicly University of Maryland in expose her abuser. She also gained College Park, in 1979. Dr. access to more than 200 pages of Courtois is President-Elect of Division 56 documents that included the abuser's (Psychological Trauma) of the American signed confession and letters between Psychological Association and has recently school and diocese officials that proved that published Treating Complex Traumatic Stress school and church leaders knew about her Disorders: An Evidence-Based Guide (2009) co abuse and did nothing to stop it - or to -edited with Dr. Julian Ford. She has authored protect her and her abuser's other victims. three other books, Recollections of : Treatment Principles and Guidelines Joelle became active in SNAP in 2002 and (1999), Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse: has been a spokesperson and leader in A Workshop Model (1993), and Healing the events in California and across the Incest Wound: Adult Survivors in Therapy country. She is married to Mike, the world's (1988) (revised edition to be published in early most patient man, and is the mother of a 2010). She has also published numerous young son who likes monster trucks and articles and chapters on related topics and is tools. the Associate Editor of the new APA journal, Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, & Policy. She routinely conducts professional training locally, nationally, and For the last 20 years, David internationally on topics related to traumatic Clohessy has served as the stress. executive director of SNAP, the

Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, the nation’s Barbara Dorris largest and oldest self-help group Barbara Dorris is the victims for clergy molestation victims. In that role, he outreach director for SNAP. As a has traveled and spoken extensively, helping to teacher in her parish school, she set up local support groups in more than 50 caught the parish priest cities. Clohessy was one of only four survivors molesting the children and after to address all of America’s Catholic Bishops at unsuccessfully trying to have him their historic meeting in Dallas in 2002. removed came to SNAP for help. She began Clohessy’s professional career includes working as a full time volunteer with SNAP in working as a community organizer in low 2002 and became part of the staff two years income neighborhoods, and as a union later. In her work with SNAP, she has helped organizer representing low wage workers. He hundreds of survivors and works closely with has also done political and public relations local SNAP leaders across the country. She is consulting. Clohessy helped elect St. Louis’ first herself a survivor of clergy abuse who has six African-American mayor, and later the city’s first grown children and four grandchildren. female prosecutor. David is committed to expose the hidden truths, not only about horrific rapes and sexual abuse, but more importantly Anne Barrett Doyle the church, and with a growing number of courageous survivors and supporters in Anne Barrett Doyle is co-director Belgium. of BishopAccountability.org. In

2002, she co-founded Coalition of Catholics and Survivors, a Julie Hoakanson group that organized activism in Julie Hokanson is a survivor of the Boston archdiocese. clergy sexual abuse, and a Previously, she was an editor, member of SNAP, serving in mediator, and vice-president of a Manhattan leadership as the SNAP public relations firm. She is a graduate of Presbyterian contact. She runs Harvard College. an appraisal business, serves on the board of Restoration Ministry, and speaks Tom Doyle about sexual abuse and trauma recovery.

Thomas Doyle is a Canon Lawyer and an addictions therapist. He Becky Ianni has also been a priest in the Becky Ianni has been a member Dominican Order since 1970. He of SNAP since 2006 and a SNAP has tried to provide support and leader in the Washington DC assistance to the victims of clergy area since 2007. Becky is a peer sexual abuse for 26 years. In addition to leader who first courageously pastoral/spiritual support, he has also testified faced her own abuse and fought in civil trials on behalf of victims in nearly every church leaders for justice. Then Becky began state in the U.S., in Ireland, Canada and the taking calls from other survivors and walking U.K. with them along a healing journey. She is a SNAP spokesperson who seeks to expose truth. Becky is married and a mother of four. Lieve Halsberghe She holds a BA in Education from the College Lieve Halsberghe is the niece of of William and Mary. Godelieve Halsgerghe, retired magistrate and former president of the Commission installed by Kathleen Jordan the Belgian bishops in 2000 to Kathy Jordan, Ph.D. is a clergy deal with sexual abuse cases. abuse survivor who practices as Contrary to what the bishops had expected, she a psychologist, life coach, and was an adamant defender of the victims and Reiki teacher. She is co-author of fought very hard to obtain justice. The cardinal a new book, Becoming a Life and the bishops, all but one, boycotted her. In Change Artist: 7 Creative Skills to Reinvent 2009, she resigned and made sure her valuable Yourself at Any Stage of Life, which will be files were brought to safety in the National released on August 3, 2010 by Avery/Penguin Archives. Group. Kathy enjoys birding, kayaking, and keeping an art journal. She divides her time Lieve became involved in the fight against between Colorado Springs, Boston, and St. sexual abuse in the Church after talking to her Augustine, Florida. aunt. She soon realized the time to act is now. Marjorie Karjulahti Collaborating to bring back to life the old Marjorie Karjalahti experienced Belgian survivor group Mensenrechten in de healing from childhood abuses Kerk (Human Rights in the Church), Lieve is through people of faith who were working with Rik Devillé, retired priest, author willing and made and defender of the victims of sexual abuse in themselves available to listen to her story with compassionate, respectful treatment centers in the St. Louis and hearts. A graduate of Bethel Theological surrounding areas where the is Seminary (M.Div. 2003) her desire is to extend housing accused and convicted sex offenders. the same grace to others. Marigrace Labella Phillip Koss Since 2002, Marigrace Labella Mr. Koss has worked in the has been involved with SNAP. Walworth County District She has served as the Local Attorney’s Office since 1985. He Leader of the Raleigh, NC, SNAP was elected DA in 1990. group. Marigrace also served for Previously he was an assistant 5 years as the Online Discussion Board district attorney in Waupaca Moderator. In addition, Marigrace has assisted County. with many behind the scenes activities for SNAP. She had been employed with American Mr. Koss has charged a number of cases Airlines for 15 years, as both an Employee involving clergy who sexually abused a child, Assistance Representative and Reservationist including State of Wisconsin v. Donald J. Specialist. She has also given many talks McGuire. McGuire, a Jesuit from Loyola around NC educating Mental Health academy, was convicted by a jury in 2006 of Associations and Social Worker’s providers on sexually assaulting students in the 1960’s and various healthy survivor coping tools. Marigrace is currently in Federal prison for more recent currently lives with her dog, Olivia, in Raleigh, offenses. NC.

In 2007, Mr. Koss received an award from the Jack Lavino Wisconsin Victim/Witness Professional Association for “Outstanding Vitim Advocacy by Jack Lavino, a psychotherapist in a Professional.” That same year Mr. Koss also private practice in Boulder, CO received the Prosecutor of the Year Award from feels that his has gotten younger the Wisconsin District Attorneys Association. as he has been in recovery from clergy and other sexual abuse for

25 years. He is formerly Co-Chair Mary Ellen Kruger of Colorado SNAP. He has been in recovery Mary Ellen Kruger lives in St. from a number of addictions for 38 years. He Louis with 4 children and 9 specializes in addiction and trauma recovery. grandchildren. She worked in the He is also a national public speaker. Insurance Industry for 33 years and retired in December of 2009. Jean Leih Mary Ellen’s youngest son, Jean L. Leih is pastor and Stephen Hippe, was abused by a priest and a founder of Restoration teacher in 1985 and 86 while in high school. Ministries. In addition to her Both were prosecuted and sentenced to prison. training in spiritual direction, she Stephen took his life in 1991. is a graduate of Bethel Seminary,

St. Paul, with a Master of Divinity Mary Ellen became a member of SNAP in 2002 degree; Azusa Pacific University and realized that SNAP was the outlet that she Haggard School of Theology, with a Doctor of needed in order to help herself heal and, at the Ministry Degree. She served in pastoral ministry same time, help protect children. She is an in congregations for 14 years prior to active member of SNAP, VOTFSL (Voice of the establishing Restoration Ministries. Faithful St. Louis) and has worked with FOSIL

(Fellowship of Southern Illinois ) on several occasions. She has done research on the David Lorenz Mark McAllister David Lorenz was born and Mark McAllister, MD is 40 years raised in Kentucky and was the old and lives with his wife, seventh of ten children. He Monica and 4-year-old son, attended college in Kentucky and Zachary in Roanoke, VA. He then moved to Maryland to attend was abused by Father Gerald graduate school at the University James Howard, formerly known of Maryland. Dave has been married for 28 as Father Carmine Sita, in the diocese of years, raised 4 children and has a beautiful new Jefferson City, MO from 1983 to 1988. In the granddaughter. summer of 2009, by way of a civil suit, he exposed corrupt church officials of the diocese David was abused by a Catholic priest when he of Jefferson City, the archdiocese of Newark, was 16 years old while attending an all boys and the order of the Paracletes. In the spring of college prep Catholic high school. David, at the 2010, Dr. McAllister's ongoing and diligent age of 32, was finally able to tell people about pursuit of justice resulted in the criminal his experience in 1992 when the perpetrator indictment of Father Howard on eight felony was exposed and criminally convicted for his counts involving the abuse of himself and actions. David has been a member of SNAP several other victims. Father Howard is since 2006 and started a support group for currently incarcerated in Cooper County, MO survivors in 2008. He has been a survivor awaiting trial. Father Howard, previously activist since that time and has testified before convicted of similar crimes in Newark, has yet the state legislature to change the statute of to be laicized by the Catholic Church. limitations. He also acts as a SNAP spokesperson and has held numerous press Beth McCabe conferences in and around the Baltimore and Washington DC area. Beth McCabe has been involved in SNAP since 2003 when

Connecticut SNAP was formed Judy Lorenz and has served as a co-leader Judy Lorenz is originally from since 2004. Beth has been Moonachie, NJ where she involved on the legislative level in enjoyed life growing up in a loving New York advocating for the Child Victim Act Catholic family as the youngest of and in Connecticut on various legislation to help five children. She received an survivors of abuse. She also serves on the Associates Degree in Medical Susan B. Anthony Project Advisory Board, a Assisting and worked for a pediatrician for a community organization advocating for victims year before deciding to pursue a teaching of domestic violence and sexual abuse. career. Judy moved to College Park to attend the University of Maryland and soon after she Trish McLelland met David Lorenz and they were married in 1982. She has four children and one brand new Trish McLelland is the baby grand daughter, Leah. Judy made the coordinator of Bishop switch from working with children to working Accountability.org’s accused with elder folks in 2007 when she became priest database, which now a Program Assistant for the Bowie Senior includes more than 3,300 names. Center. For ten years, as legal assistant to Dallas plaintiff attorney Sylvia Demarest, Along with taking on a leadership role in SNAP, Trish helped create an extensive electronic Judy is also involved in , database and file collection on accused priests. CITI Ministries, and is founder of the Emmaus After Sylvia retired and donated this archive to Community of Bowie, an Intentional Eucharistic BishopAccountability.org, Trish joined the Community. BA.org staff part-time. She has a Master’s Karen Polesir degree in Library Science. Karen Polesir is the Philadelphia

area SNAP leader. She began Reyma McCoy working with SNAP in 2002 in Reyma McCoy is a social north Jersey and has helped in services professional with ten north Jersey & south Jersey as years experience in management well as the Philadelphia area. and consulting within the not-for- Karen teaches reading to at-risk profit sector. She is the former youth in Schwenksville, PA. Her goal is to Therapeutic Program witness justice for the sexually abused in her Coordinator for Vianney Renewal Center in lifetime. Dittmer, MO. Vianney Renewal Center has, throughout its twenty-plus years in operation, Peter Saunders housed some of the most notorious pedophile Pete Saunders was born and priests in the United States. Ms. McCoy is the brought up in Wimbledon first person in history to come forward and offer (London, UK). He left school at insight into the hidden world of pedophile priest 16 with few qualifications but containment; she holds a Master’s degree in returned to education as a Not-for-Profit Administration from Lindenwood mature student, obtained a University. Business Studies degree and a

Post Graduate Certificate in Education. He then Terence McKiernan became a teacher. Pete was abused Terence McKiernan founded throughout his childhood by a family member BishopAccountability.org in 2003 and two catholic priests at the school he and is the organization’s attended. He never spoke of his abuse until he president. Terry holds master’s was nearly 40 years of age and because he degrees in Classics from the was unable to find any support as a male University of Wisconsin–Madison survivor he set up NAPAC, the National and the University of Bristol in England. Before Association for People Abused in Childhood in his involvement in the church crisis, he was an England. It has been a long hard, road but Pete academic editor and a consulting firm manager. will be delighted to tell you about NAPAC at the SNAP Conference which he says he is “very Sheila Murphy excited about”.

Sheila Murphy is a retired judge who now practices law in Mark Serrano Chicago at the law firm of Mark Serrano was a board Rothschild, Barry and Myers. She member of SNAP from 2002 was born in Colorado Springs – 2007 and proudly and two years ago addressed continues to serve as a SNAP with her brother, Eddie Murphy, and Dr. national spokesman. Mr. Michael Smith MD. What she learned from her Serrano joined the brother Eddie who died as the result of a hiking organization after his personal story was accident will be the subject of a book that she is made public in a New York Times front writing to help other survivors. She is on the page exposé in March 2002 in which advisory board of NAPSAC, and NADA and is Serrano was the first clergy sexual abuse the Chair of the International Bar Association's survivor to break a gag order imposed by Judges Forum where Jeff Anderson and the Church through a legal settlement. Barbara Blaine made presentations to judges Soon thereafter, over 20 other victims of the and survivors from around the world in same priest came forward and joined Singapore in 2007. Serrano in a historic televised confrontation with their bishop who had dismissed the Her background segued seamlessly into criminal revelations that Serrano first posting the Clergy Abuse Tracker when the reported years earlier. scandal opened up internationally, starting in Boston in 2002. Mark Serrano is also a business owner and entrepreneur. He leads ProActive She is a graduate of Becker College and Communications (www.getproactive.us), a Assumption College, Worcester, MA, and is a strategic communications business serving graduate of the officer’s seminar for the corporations and trade associations with Newspaper Guild at the George Meany Center public affairs and government affairs for Labor Studies, Silver Spring, MD. She services which Serrano founded in 1996. worked 11 years as a mental health crisis clinician and counselor. Fresh out of school, her Most importantly, Mark and his wife Stacy first crisis intervention was with a man who had Serrano are raising their four children been abused by a priest. together in their home in northern Virginia Dr. Michael Smith Pat Serrano Dr. Smith is a psychiatrist and Pat Serrano is the parent of 7 acupuncturist who has been the children and 13 grandchildren. director of the Lincoln Recovery Pat owned and operated Serrano Center for the past 35 years. He Travel Service for 26 years until and his staff developed the ear 2002 when she semi-retired as acupuncture protocol the advocacy need took on demonstrated here today. greater proportions in her life. In Counselors and caregivers are often trained to April 2002, she took on the role of SNAP New provide this simple technique. Dr. Smith was Jersey Family Outreach Director. the first person inducted into the Drug Court Hall of Fame. In 1996, she and Father Kenneth Lasch founded HOST, then meaning Healing Our Steve Theisen Sons Together, as an outlet for the many Steve Theisen, is a survivor of victims who were abused at St Joseph's Church nun sexual abuse and Iowa in Mendham, NJ. The meaning was changed in SNAP Director. Steve was May of 2002 to Healing Our Survivors Together sexually abused by a his 4th to include all the women who once were grade teacher, a nun, beginning victims. at age 9 and which lasted two years. Steve, as many of us, suffered in silence for 40 years and Kathy Shaw has, with other survivors of nun sexual abuse, Kathy Shaw was a journalist for worked to find accountability for the hundreds of more than 40 years when in the orders of nuns in the United States. early 1990s she started writing stories about clergy sexual Victor Vieth abuse. She searched in the Victor Vieth is an attorney, former woods of New Brunswick, prosecutor and author of Canada to find one priest who numerous articles on child abuse fled the United States rather than face arrest for and domestic violence. Vieth abusing youngsters at a youth home he served as the first director of the operated. Her reporting was instrumental in National Child Protection getting him extradited back to the United States Training Center which merged to finally stand trial. with the National Association to Prevent Sexual Abuse of Children (NAPSAC). He has trained professionals across the country on topics Patrick Wall involving child abuse investigations, Patrick Wall is a canon lawyer prosecutions, trial strategies and prevention and a former Benedictine methods. Monk. After working as a "fixer"

in the church, dealing with the Victor graduated magna cum laude from WSU aftermath of sexually abusive and earned his Juris Doctor from Hamline priests in parishes and schools, University School of Law (HUSL). While Wall left the priesthood, finding that the only studying at HUSL, he received the American way that abuse survivors would get the help Jurisprudence award for achievement in the and healing they needed was outside of the study of Constitutional law and served as editor church hierarchy. Wall has consulted on more -in-chief of the Law Review. than 200 cases of clergy sex abuse and is a leading advocate for survivors.