The Gray Lady Makes SNAP-Friendly Judgments

The Gray Lady Makes SNAP-Friendly Judgments | David F. Pierre, Jr. | Catholic World Report

The New York Times allies with advocacy group in new attack against Catholic Church

The New York Times would have you believe that the Catholic Church is on a heartless crusade to expose the names, addresses, and phone numbers of anonymous victims of atrocious clergy abuse. According to a recent Times editorial, Church leaders are "threatening to expose private files compiled by advocates for abuse survivors [and] are giving victims new reason to retreat into fear and secrecy."

Then there is the reality.

The Times has been reporting on the growing conflict between the Church and the vocal advocacy group Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP. The clash has swelled in recent months after lawyers for an accused priest in Missouri deposed SNAP's national director, David Clohessy, in January.

The Times predictably paints the clash between the two parties as a case of the big, bad Catholic Church bullying an innocent group of abuse victims. In fact, in a front-page story about the adversarial situation, the Times portrays the Church as callously disregarding victims. Reporter Laurie Goodstein relays:

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