August 1993 | ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL – Profile of Holley victim Phil Saviano: “The telephone rang while Phil Saviano was upstairs doing his homework. He heard his mother talk for a while and then she summoned him to the phone. ‘Who is it?’ asked Saviano, who, at age 13, wondered what friends of his would talk to his mother for so long.”
1993 | Church Faults Society for Sexual Abuse
March 1993 | BOSTON GLOBE – “A rising chorus of Catholic leaders is blaming US society — particularly the entertainment industry and the news media — for contributing to the problem of sexual abuse of children in and out of the church.” READ ORIGINAL REPORT ON PDF
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.”
1993 | Rev. Greeley Puts Number of Abused at 100,000
March 1993 | BOSTON GLOBE – “Rev. Andrew M. Greeley, the Chicago priest, author and sociologist, has estimated that 2,000 to 4,000 members of the Roman Catholic clergy in the United States have abused young people, that their victims number “well in excess of” 100,000 persons.” READ REPORT ON PDF
1993 | Sins of An Errant Few Must Not Tarnish All
February 1993 | TELEGRAM & GAZETTE – “We’ve been receiving some angry letters and phone calls lately from readers objecting to news stories about Catholic priests charged with sex offeses.” READ EDITORIAL ON PDF
1993 | Catholic Crisis: Abuse by Priests
FEBRUARY 1993 | USAToday — When Phil Saviano was 12, he says, the local Catholic priest in East Douglas, MA showed him pornography in the church choir loft and made Saviano perform a sex act on him. That was 1964. READ STORY ON PDF
1992 | NM Priest Accused of Abuse While at Parish in Massachusetts
This is Phil Saviano’s first-ever interview about his childhood sexual assaults by Worcester Diocese priest David Holley. The Boston Globe Page One story was written by investigative reporter Steve Kurkjian. Earlier in the week, Holley faced similar allegations from victims in New Mexico who said he had assaulted them there in the 1970s. Phil asked the Globe to shield his identity in this first interview. He was concerned that if the Diocese knew of his personal and health matters, they would use the information to try to quickly discredit him, before other victims found the courage to come forward themselves. SEE ORIGINAL ARTICLE ON PDF