abused
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“Oakland does not deserve to declare insolvency. It owns a $200-million Cathedral,” Dan McNevin, a treasurer for the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests in Oakland, said in a statement in March.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2023
After all charges were dropped in 2015, Jiang sued the boy’s mother and the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priest.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2022
Indeed, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, known as SNAP, said in a statement that “to us, this is not shocking news.”
From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2022
Spokespeople for the Coalition of Abused Scouts for Justice, which helped negotiate the settlement on behalf of 18,000 claimants, said their clients voted for the deal because it “provides compensation without further delay.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2022
Abused blessings are withdrawn, and the abundance of the threshing-floor is changed for dragging a heavy plough or harrow.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Maclaren, Alexander
