PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Big Trial
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2014
By Ralph Cipriano
for Bigtrial.net
His troubles with “Father Andy” began when his mother confided to the priest that her son might be gay.
The alleged victim, now 26, testified in court today that when he was a 10-year-old altar boy, the priest brought him to his room in a church rectory, and sexually assaulted him.
Then, after the alleged attack, the victim testified the priest would repeatedly tell him on the playground that homosexuality was a sin, and so was masturbation.
How did that make him feel, the prosecutor asked?
“Horrible,” the young man testified. “As a homosexual, if it’s a sin, it means I’m going to hell.”
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