Catholic priest sex abuse scandal drives Spring Valley author

WHITE PLAINS (NY)
Journal News

September 4, 2018

By Jorge Fitz-Gibbon

Spring Valley – G.R. Pafumi’s office is at the rear of his house on an unassuming residential street, in a darkened room cluttered with books, legal documents and two computer monitors that provide much of the light.

From here, the Wall Street analyst who turned author lives out his new calling.

Pafumi, 68, is taking on the Roman Catholic Church, having spent five years compiling an extensive international public database of sex abuse by priests and clergy, and publishing his latest book on the scandal that has rocked the Vatican for years.

“What you’re looking at is the collapse of the Catholic Church in real time,” he said. “The church is now crumbling. The church is now trying to recapture its place in the world despite the fact that the world is turning against it.”

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