ST. CATHARINES (ONTARIO, CANADA)
St. Catharines Standard
September 10, 2017
By Grant LaFleche
[Note: See all five articles in this series: The Wolf in Priest’s Clothing: Complete series. See also the page devoted to Rev. Donald Grecco on Sylvia’s Site, with links and chronology]
Robert Talach knows Donald Grecco.
He knows what the former Catholic priest and convicted sexual abuser did. He knows why other men of the cloth did the same thing.
For 15 years, the London, Ont. lawyer has represented the victims of clergy abuse, including Grecco’s. In that time he has interviewed many priests convicted of sexual crimes against minors. In their explanations and excuses, he sees a repeating pattern.
“(Grecco) was a broken man,” said Talach, who interviewed Grecco in prison in 2010, but said he cannot legally disclose what they discussed. “Those that go into the priesthood in most cases, in my assessment, ain’t always for the right reasons, and when you’ve done that for a decade or more in the priesthood, that is a pretty hollow life.”
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