PENNSYLVANIA
Daily Mail (UK)
By ASSOCIATED PRESS and CLEMENCE MICHALLON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
A Pennsylvania man who said a priest abused him when he was only 10 and spoke out against clergy abuse has killed himself, authorities said.
Brian Gergely, 46, was found hanged in his home in Ebensburg on Friday, Cambria County Coroner Jeffrey Lees said Tuesday.
Gergely sued Monsignor Francis McCaa and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown in 2003, saying the priest had abused him when he was a 10-year-old altar boy.
‘Tragically, the demons he’s been dealing with since he was molested by Monsignor McCaa finally won out,’ attorney Richard Serbin, who represented Gergely, said Tuesday.
‘It takes a great deal of courage to step forward, and even more courage to go public and give your identity instead of a pseudonym,’ Serbin added.
Note: This is an Abuse Tracker excerpt. Click the title to view the full text of the original article. If the original article is no longer available, see our News Archive.