BOSTON (MA)
Boston.com
[with video]
By Allison Pohle @AllisonPohle Video by Guru Amar Khalsa @GuruAmarK
Boston.com Staff | 05.18.15
The Cathedral of the Holy Cross cast a shadow over his face, but Richard Orareo stood tall, with one hand holding his cane and the other holding a poster of a girl who was raped by a priest from kindergarten through the seventh grade.
The church bells began ringing just as Orareo began to speak to a crowd of 20 other survivors gathered in front of the church.
“It’s my competition,” Orareo said of the bells.
“But you can stand up to it,” said Paul Kellen.
Orareo has stood up to the bells, and up to the Catholic Church, for more than 13 years.
After The Boston Globe released its investigation into sexual abuse by clergy members, he became one of the first survivors to take his place as a self-proclaimed sidewalk protester in front of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross.
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