PROVIDENCE (RI)
Providence Journal
July 3, 2019
“My report was less than credible?”
That was Bristol photographer Stephan Brigidi’s reaction to a glaring omission, to him, on the list of “credibly accused” priests that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence posted on its website on Monday.
The name that was missing was the name of the “inebriated” priest at Saint Agnes parish in Providence who, he told the diocese, had fondled his genitals and attempted to kiss him when he was a 14- or 15-year-old altar boy, in a devout Catholic family, in the mid-1960s.
Brigidi, now 68 years old, said he had not felt compelled to file a complaint until he saw a quarter-page ad the diocese place placed in The Providence Journal last Nov. 29 that said, in part:
“The Diocese urges anyone who has been the victim of sexual abuse, or with credible knowledge of such abuse, by any member of the Catholic Church, to report allegations to RI State Police, local law enforcement, the RI Attorney General’s Office, and Kevin O’Brien, Director, Diocesan Office of Compliance.”
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