MEDIA RELEASE – SEPTEMBER 18-19, 2015 – PAPAL VISIT EVENT

NEW YORK
Road to Recovery

PAPAL VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES SHOULD INCLUDE TRANSPARENCY REGARDING SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN

What
A press conference and distribution of flyers alerting Catholics, the media, and general public that Pope Francis has not made clergy sexual abuse and TRANSPARENCY about it a focus of his visit to the United States beginning September 22, 2015

When
Sunday, September 20, 2015 from 10:00 am until Noon

Where
On the public sidewalk in front of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Fifth Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets, Manhattan, New York City

Who
Victim/survivors of sexual abuse and members of Road to Recovery, Inc., a non-profit charity that assists victims of sexual abuse and their families, including its co-founder and President, Robert M. Hoatson, Ph.D., who was sexually abused as a young adult by religious brothers (including Irish Christian Brother John P. O’Brien who later…