in may 2016 snow was one of six bishops cited in the guardian and church times as subject of clergy disciplinary measure complaints owing to their alleged inaction on a survivor's disclosure. the bishops contested the complaints. all six bishops were pictured on a protest brochure which the survivor handed out at steven croft's enthronement as bishop of oxford later that year. in 2018, snow was reported in the media to be one of several bishops being investigated for failure to act on this safeguarding disclosure. the priest against whom the allegations were made, killed himself the day before due to appear in court.