on june 9, 2009, a group of survivors of clergy abuse protested cistone's appointment outside the saginaw diocese office. members of the survivors network of those abused by priests (snap) demanded that cistone hold a public forum to explain his actions as described in the 2005 grand jury report. snap president barbara blaine said the actions had to be taken because, "the innocence of children was shattered needlessly because of the action and inaction of this bishop." in response to the group's calls for transparency, cistone said, "if someone wants to go back and rehash what the church may have done based on knowledge and experience or lack of experience the church had, well, that's ok, but that's not productive. what's productive is what we can do to move forward."