NEW YORK (NY)
The Wall Street Journal
September 21, 2018
By Ian Lovett
More than 900 people have called a hotline set up by the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office following its report on sexual abuse
Growing up in Scranton, Pa., John Patchcoski would often play kickball at the church down the street from his house. One of the priests took an interest in him and would sometimes join the kickball games and give John gifts, like an eight-track tape player.
Eventually, Father Michael J. Pulicare invited John to go on a fishing trip. On that trip, he says, the priest sexually assaulted him. It was the mid-1970s, and John was around 12 years old.
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