Release the Full Epstein Files
Title: Statement from the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) on the Call to Release the Full Epstein Files
Author: Angela Walker, SNAP Executive Director
Publisher: Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP)
Date: 05SEP2025
This week’s press conference demanding the release of the full Epstein files underscores a truth survivors of abuse by the world’s most powerful religious institutions know all too well: widespread sex crimes against children and vulnerable people do not happen in isolation. In the same way it takes a network to facilitate, enable, and conceal sexual violence, it will take a network to secure justice for survivors.
That is why we stand in full support of the Epstein survivors’ call on the U.S. Congress to vote to release the complete files. Just as the U.S. justice system has failed to hold the Catholic Church and other powerful religious institutions accountable, allowing them to hide documents, protect offenders, shield enablers, and traffic victims across borders, it has also failed Epstein’s victims by keeping vital records locked away.
As survivors, we know the extraordinary courage it takes to come forward, to name names, and to confront powerful figures at immense personal risk. Epstein survivors have carried that burden with strength and bravery, and they deserve transparency, justice, and full accountability.
“Survivors everywhere understand that secrecy is the abuser’s greatest weapon,” said Angela Walker, Executive Director of SNAP. “The Epstein files must be fully released – not redacted, not hidden – so that every person and institution that enabled these crimes is exposed. Survivors deserve nothing less than the full truth, and the public deserves to be protected from those who continue to pose a danger.”
No matter how wealthy and powerful the individual, the institution, or their allies may be, the crimes must be exposed, the truth must be told, and all who participated in, facilitated, or concealed abuse must finally be brought to justice.
For full statement and contact information:
https://www.snapnetwork.org/epstein_files_statement