PHILADELPHIA (PA)
CBS Philly
By Tony Hanson
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — As the trial of a Philadelphia monsignor and a priest accused of child sex abuse and cover-ups moves forward, a second man testified Wednesday he was part of a rotation of boys repeatedly abused by a local priest in the late ’70s and early ’80s.
This man, now 48, told the jury he was referred to Father Stanley Gana — later accused of abuse but never charged — after being sexually abused by a family friend.
The alleged victim says the hugging, kissing, and touching began almost immediately, and he was eventually assigned a certain night for sex, in a rotation with other boys (see related story).
And when, in 1995, he finally went to Msgr. William Lynn (who is now on trial) and reported the alleged abuse by Father Gana, he says he sensed a cover-up.
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