text: If it was not for help from the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), I would never have had the courage to speak up about my own sexual assault by a Carmelite priest. I am deeply grateful to Barbara Blaine, Barbara Dorris, and David Clohessy for supporting me and all the other victim/survivors of clergy sexual abuse. It is unconscionable to me that these church leaders are allowed to be above the law. They have no children of their own and they do not seem to value the innocence of children. The good priests and bishops are afraid to speak up, since they would be marginalized and victimized by their brother clergy. I believe that the majority of the leaders in the hierarchy do not have a personal relationship with Jesus. They are told to be obedient to the pope, not to Jesus, so they do not know Jesus as real in their lives. They ignore the command of Jesus to protect the innocence of children because the popes ignore Jesus and demand conformity to man-created rules.