** SNAP CONFERENCE 2012 EXCLUSIVE ** One Hand Washes the Other: Jeff Anderson, Other Contingency Lawyers Bankroll Church-Bashing Group

Attorney Jeff Anderson Catholic abuse

The high-profile, Church-suing attorney Jeff Anderson offered up a whopping check for $43,950 to SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) as he orchestrated this year's fundraising session at the group's annual … [Read more...]

Minn. Supreme Court Rejects ‘Repressed Memory’ Junk Science Against Priest, Media Yawns

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Last Wednesday, the Minnesota Supreme Court flatly rejected the psychological theory of "repressed memory" as bogus. The Court declared that scientific studies that have tried to prove the bogus theory have "lacked … [Read more...]

SNAP Abuse Victim Shocker: Settlement Lawyers ‘Took the Money and Ran’

Manuel Vega SNAP

While abuse victim lawyers have often sought to portray themselves as sober and tireless champions of the afflicted, an alleged victim of Catholic clergy abuse has described a jubilant scene among contingency lawyers following the 2007 … [Read more...]

Oregon Abuse Lawyer Faces Ethics Violations For Misleading His Clients Over Settlements

Attorney Dan Gatti

The Associated Press and local media outlets are reporting that the Oregon State Bar has filed an ethics complaint against one of the region’s leading abuse attorneys, Dan Gatti. The bar charges that Gatti knowingly misled clients as … [Read more...]

Philly Prosecutors Show Venom for Catholic Church, Not Desire for Justice

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Prosecutors in the high-profile abuse cases in Philadelphia are revealing that their cases are more about their open distaste for the Catholic Church than their desire for justice for abused children. In a hearing on Tuesday (1/24/12), … [Read more...]

Shock Revelation: How SNAP, Lawyers, and the Media Conspire Against the Catholic Church

Barbara-Dorris-David-Clohessy-SNAP

Newly released court documents in Missouri have exposed an alarming practice by which the advocacy group SNAP (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests), abuse attorneys, and the media conspire against the Catholic Church. These … [Read more...]

Bankruptcy Sheds Light on Leading Abuse Attorney’s Earnings

Raymond Boucher

The Los Angeles Daily Journal, a publication serving the law community, has reported that a leading Los Angeles abuse victim attorney, Raymond P. Boucher, has filed for bankruptcy protection. At the time that the Archdiocese of Los Angeles … [Read more...]

Lawyers Unleashed: Anti-Catholicism Infects Court Filings

1. "I've never seen anything in 30 years of practicing law like this. This is so far over the line, it's in another world." That's a bankruptcy trustee responding to a court filing last month by a Minnesota … [Read more...]

SPECIAL REPORT: Evidence of Collaboration Between the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office and SNAP (Part II)

SNAP Marci Hamilton and Philly D.A. Charles Gallagher 2008

This is Part II of a TheMediaReport.com Special Report. For Part I, go here. TheMediaReport.com has uncovered even more episodes of collaboration between individuals in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office and the Catholic … [Read more...]

SPECIAL REPORT: Evidence of Collaboration Between the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office and SNAP (Part I)

This is Part I of a TheMediaReport.com Special Report. For Part II, go here. Are the current criminal charges against Catholic clergy in Philadelphia the fruits of an active collaboration between the city's District Attorney's … [Read more...]