November 2015 | EL PASO TIMES – “Victims of a predatory priest who served in El Paso and Alamogordo helped provide the impetus for the Boston Globe investigation that revealed a widespread cover-up by the Catholic Church highlighted by the movie “Spotlight.”” READ STORY
2004 | Rev. Holley Stays in NM Prison; Board Denies Parole
September 2004 / The Rev. David A. Holley, a priest of the Worcester Diocese serving a jail sentence in New Mexico after pleading guilty to sexually abusing and raping eight boys there, has been denied parole and will remain behind bars.
1999 | Texas Bishop Demands Retraction of Claims Regarding Holley from Catholic Newspaper
July 1999 / The Bishop of the Diocese of Galveston-Houston denies allegations in two recent issues of The Wanderer. Most Reverend Joseph Fiorenza says accusations made in the articles involving him are total fabrications. . . One of the articles concerns a lawsuit alleging that Bishop Fiorenza protected a known pedophile . . . even though he knew Fr. David Holley was a perpetrator. READ ARTICLE ON PDF
1997 | Documents Show Bishops Transferred Known Abuser
August 1997 | DALLAS MORNING NEWS – By Brooks Egerton — “A National Conference of Catholic Bishops leader and several other top clerics knowingly allowed a child-molesting priest to work for at least 20 years in Massachusetts, New Mexico, West Texas and Colorado, their correspondence shows. Repeated transfers of the now imprisoned Rev. David Holley provide a case-study in how bishops have cooperated to protect pedophiles in the priesthood.” READ REPORT ON PDF
1997 | Path of a Pedophile Priest (Excerpts from Bishops’ Letters in Holley case)
August 1997 | DALLAS MORNING NEWS – “Top Catholic officials knowingly allowed the Rev. David A. Holley to work in more than a dozen parishes or hospitals in Massachusetts, New Mexico, Texas and Colorado according to church documents reviewed by The Dallas Morning News. Here are excerpts from their correspondence about or with Fr. Holley.”
1993 | NEWSWEEK: Sex and the Church
August 1993 | Newsweek’s first cover issue devoted to the Catholic Church sex abuse problem profiles several priests, including Fr. David Holley, a priest accused of molesting children in Massachusetts, New Mexico, and Texas. READ ARTICLE ON PDF
1993 | Former Priest Receives Maximum Punishment
June 1993 | ALAMOGORDO DAILY NEWS – “Former Roman Catholic Priest David A. Holley was sentenced to the maximum term in prison Friday for the sexual abuse of eight Alamogordo boys during the early 1970s. . . Five of the victims, now men in their 30s, asked to court to be allowed to speak during the hearing.” READ REPORT ON PDF
1993 | Holley Sentenced to 275-Year Prison Term in New Mexico
June 1993 | AP / EL PASO TIMES – A retired Roman Catholic priest was sentenced to 275 years in prison for molesting eight boys in Alamogordo more than 20 years ago. David Holley showed no emotion as Judge Robert Doughty handed down the maximum sentence. READ ARTICLE ON PDF (AP report published in the Boston Globe)
1993 | Fr. Holley Victims Plan Abuse Suit Against Worcester Diocese
April 1993 | BOSTON GLOBE – Four Holley victims file sex abuse lawsuit against the Worcester Diocese. The case is believed to be the first such lawsuit against the Catholic Church to be filed in Boston courts. READ ORIGINAL ARTICLE ON PDF
1993 | Four Men to Sue Worcester Diocese
April 1993 | TELEGRAM AND GAZETTE – Worcester, MA newspaper coverage of clergy abuse lawsuit brought by Phil Saviano and three other Fr. Holley victims. “Four men are seeking damages from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester, alleging it failed to prevent the Rev. David A. Holley from sexually assaulting them in the 1960s.”
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