MARCH 2002 | NEWSWEEK magazine cover story focuses on Cardinal Law and the Boston Archdiocese scandal.
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2002 | Priests’ Victims Feel Great Sense of Betrayal
February 2002 | ASSOCIATED PRESS – ” Some spiral into suicide or lonely despair; others become articulate crusaders for change, supported by loving families. The common bond, for victims of sexual abuse by clergymen: a piercing sense of betrayal. “There is an element that hits your soul, and you think it was God who treated you that way,” said Cindy Desrosiers, who successfully sued a priest for molesting her as a little girl .”
1999 | Ann Landers Prints Chilling Warning to Parents From a Child Molester
June 1999 | “Dear Ann Landers: I am your average, everyday child molester. I could be anyone–your neighbor, your friend, your brother, your father, even your grandfather. I am the guy who becomes your friend so I can get close to your child.” READ COLUMN ON PDF
1997 | Cardinal Law Apologizes for Abusive Priests
November 1997 | BOSTON HERALD – “In his strongest words yet on the subject, Bernard Cardinal Law has “begged the forgiveness of all who have been hurt as a result of sex abuse by priests.” SEE ORIGINAL ON PDF
1997 | Thou Shalt Not . . . But Some Priests Did, and the Church Didn’t Want to Know
September 1997 |WORCESTER MAGAZINE — Phil Saviano, like so many of the other victims, was just a kid when his East Douglas parish priest sexually assaulted him. The Rev. David Holley, who is now an old man and a convicted pedophile doing time in a New Mexico prison, but a wide swath through many different parishes — here and in three other states. SEE ORIGINAL STORY ON PDF
1997 | A Place to Turn
August 1997 | MIDDLESEX NEWS, Natick MA – “Support Group Helps Those Who Say Clergy Abused Them” READ REPORT ON PDF
1997 | Survivors of Sex Abuse by Clergy Unite
APRIL 1997 | THE PATRIOT LEDGER – “Phil Saviano said his phone has stopped ringing since he began publicizing the first upcoming meeting of the New England chapter of Survivors’ Network of those Abused by Priests.”
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1996 | Worcester Diocese Settles Holley Molestation Case
May 1996 | WORCESTER TELEGRAM & GAZETTE – “A Jamaica Plain man who accused a local priest of sexually molesting him has accepted a settlement offer from the Worcester Diocese. Philip Saviano said the settlement was for $12,500 and that he will receive 60 percent of that.” SEE ORIGINAL REPORT ON PDF
1995 | He Refuses to Be Silent
November 1995 | BOSTON GLOBE — In this Globe report, Phil Saviano reveals publicly, for the first time, his sexuality, his illness and his determination not to agree to any confidentiality agreements when settling his lawsuit against the Catholic Diocese of Worcester. READ ARTICLE ON PDF
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