PHILADELPHIA (PA)
CBS Philly
By Pat Loeb
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Nine more people, alleging sexual abuse by priests, have filed suit against the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. They join ten other alleged victims in charging that an archdiocesan conspiracy to protect priests allowed the abuse to occur.
Two of the plaintiffs appeared today with their attorneys at a center city news conference.
Andrew Druding (far right in photo) was visibly agitated, and his wife quietly wept, as he read a letter he wrote but never sent to his grade-school music teacher, Fr. Francis Feret.
” ‘You took advantage of a nine-year-old boy who loved to sing and was afraid to tell because you were a priest, God’s messenger on Earth, the most holy person in my life. I’ve never forgotten what you did to me, so graphic, so horrific…’ ”
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