Date Shared:
January 31st, 2026
Date Released:
September 25th, 2017
Excerpt
Barbara Blaine, the founder and former longtime president of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, has passed away at age 61 in Utah, where she was vacationing with her husband.
According to a Sept. 24 statement from Blaine's family, the renowned advocate for victims of childhood sexual abuse by clergy died after falling ill from a sudden, unexpected cardiac condition Sept. 18. By many accounts, Blaine was known to keep herself in excellent physical shape, a fact that made the loss that much heavier for family, friends and fellow survivors.
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Barbara Blaine (1956–2017) was a survivor of abuse by a priest herself and used her platform to expose predators and demand accountability from the Catholic Church. - Barbara appeared on The Phil Donahue Show in the early 1990s, where she and other survivors broke the silence on Catholic clergy sexual abuse, long before the 2002 Boston Globe revelations. - The 1993 Broadcast: A...
