NEW YORK
Democrat & Chronicle
Sean Lahman, @seanlahman Aug. 24, 2017
In June, a 41-year old man sued the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse, claiming that one of its priests had molested him years earlier, beginning when he was 12 years old.
It’s a story that has been repeated across the state during the last few years, as new victims have come forward to say that priests had sexually abused them as children. Since 2014, there have been new cases reported in almost every diocese in New York state, including Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, New York City, and the Hudson Valley.
But not in Rochester.
In June of 2012, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester published a list of priests who had been the subject of “credible allegations” of sexual abuse within the previous ten years.
In a column that accompanied the list’s publication, then-Bishop Matthew Clark apologized to abuse victims and praised the efforts of the diocese to stamp out sexual abuse.
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