His organization is called Snap, for Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests.

A book documenting the personal and contextual history of the Irish Women Survivors Network is currently being written and will be available in 2012.

The advocates, the leaders of Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests, have been invited to meet with the board.

But the cases cited by the Survivors Network point up inherent uncertainties in the bishops' guidelines.

The Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests wrote to the four American bishops asking to meet with them.

David Clohessy of the Survivors Network responded: "That's clearly good news, but it's shameful that we have to suggest it.

"They go seeking answers, and they don't get them," said David Clohessy, director of the Survivors Network.

Before the five-hour meeting, Mr. Keating met with representatives of the Survivors Network for breakfast.

Representatives of the Survivors Network hand-delivered a letter requesting a meeting with the bishop to the archdiocese headquarters here on Wednesday.

The Survivors Network has had a sometimes ambiguous relationship with the nation's bishops.