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The archdiocese noted that the "unassignable priests" were still receiving full salaries and would continue to do so until they were formally laicized;[19] and that the payouts were a "motivation" so that the priests would not contest being defrocked. The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests sent a formal protest asking, "In what other occupation, especially one working with families and operating schools and youth programs, is an employee given a cash bonus for raping and sexually assaulting children?"[19] Dolan had previously responded to accusations that he had given "payoffs" to accused priests as "false, preposterous and unjust".[19] In 2011, Dolan thanked Bill Donohue for a press release, reproduced on the Archdiocese of New York website, in which Donohue referred to the non-profit support group Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests as a "phony victims' group".[75]