SYRACUSE (NY)
WSYR-TV
February 15, 2018
By Andrew Donovan
Oswego NY – Now that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse has announced its compensation program for victims of clergy sexual abuse, the 76 people who’ve previously filed claims will be getting letters with instructions.
That includes 41-year-old George O’Neil, who is still considering whether or not he’ll take part in the program.
O’Neil says:
“Father Casey would take me in various places over 100 times. He would take advantage of me, and take advantage of our situation alone together. Sometimes, in front of people. He violated me in ways that no child should every be violated. It’s hard to talk about. It really is.”
O’Neil, as a fifth and sixth grader, claims he was sexually abused at St. Paul’s Church in Oswego by Father Daniel Casey.
On Thursday, O’Neil got the closest to the front door of the church as he’s been in 30 years.
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