New York survivors call for state clergy abuse summit
A day after the Vatican concluded a conference to address the Catholic church’s international clergy sex abuse crisis, New York survivors called for local bishops to organize their own state forum.
Earlier this month, the Brooklyn Diocese released the names of 108 clergy members who have been “credibly” accused of abuse. Last week, attorney Jeff Anderson and survivors of clergy abuse unveiled another list of 112 clergy members accused of abusing, raping and molesting children and other parishioners.
Staten Island resident Anthony Raiola, 55, grew up in Brooklyn and said he was abused by his high school principal at Bishop Ford Catholic School in Windsor Terrace. Raiola called on the state’s Catholic leaders to hold the conference and for the Vatican to investigate the destruction of records related to clergy sex abuse.