its ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁the ▁surv iv ors ▁against ▁the ▁Catholic ▁Church ." ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁Catholic ▁News ▁Agency , ▁the ▁law suit ▁claimed ▁that ▁SN AP ▁" rece ives ▁' subst ant ial ▁contributions ' ▁from ▁att or ne ys ▁sometimes ▁total ing ▁more ▁than ▁ 4 0 ▁or ▁ 5 0 ▁percent ▁of ▁its ▁annual ▁contributions . ▁A ▁prominent ▁Minnesota ▁att orney ▁who ▁represents ▁cler gy ▁ab use ▁surv iv ors ▁reported ly ▁don ated ▁several ▁six - figure ▁annual ▁sums , ▁including ▁over ▁$ 4 1 5 , 0 0 0 ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁Other ▁un named ▁att orney - don ors ▁who ▁represent ▁ab use ▁surv iv ors ▁reported ly ▁came ▁from ▁California , ▁Chicago , ▁Seattle , ▁and ▁Del aware ." ▁The ▁law suit ▁also ▁c ited ▁emails ▁sent ▁by ▁David ▁Clo h ess y ▁and ▁Barbara ▁Bla ine ▁to ▁surv iv ors ▁and ▁" prom inent ▁att or ne ys ". ▁ ▁In ▁one ▁such ▁email , ▁Clo h ess y ▁ur ges ▁a ▁surv iv or ▁to ▁sue ▁the ▁Wisconsin ▁arch di oc ese ▁" i ▁sure ▁hope ▁you ▁DO ▁purs ue ▁the ▁W I ▁[ W is consin ] ▁bank rupt cy ▁… ▁Every ▁nick le ▁( s ic ) ▁they ▁don ' t ▁have ▁is ▁a ▁nick le ▁( s ic ) ▁that ▁they ▁can ' t ▁spend ▁on ▁defense ▁law y ers , ▁PR ▁staff , g ay - bash ing , ▁women - h ating , ▁contra