Church Abuse Survivor Comes Forward

MASSACHUSETTS
NBC Boston

Brian Ward said he was sexually abused by the altar boy coordinator at St. Brenda’s Parish in Dorchester, Massachusetts for two years while he was growing up. Twenty-seven years later, Michael Walsh – who pleaded guilty to the abuse – had been living down the road from Ward’s young relatives. Realizing that proximity is what pushed him to come forward.

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