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.”
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
1996 | Letter from Imprisoned Priest David Holley, re: Phil Saviano
Reporter Colleen Hield at the Albuquerque Journal sent the November 1995 Boston Globe news story about my being sick, and refusing to sign a confidentiality agreement to Fr. Holley in his New Mexico prison. This is his response to her, written in February 1996. Regarding my having AIDS, he wrote, “The age of miracles is not over.”READ LETTER 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
1993 | Holley Victim Haunted By Guilt and Betrayal
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 | 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 | Saviano and Others File Sex Abuse Lawsuit Against Diocese of Worcester, MA
APRIL 12, 1993 | New England Cable News reports on a sex abuse lawsuit brought by Phil Saviano and three other Massachusetts victims of Worcester Diocese priest David Holley. It is believed to be the first abuse lawsuit against the Catholic Church to be filed in Boston courts.