ROCHESTER (NY)
WHAM
September 12, 2019
By Tanner Jubenville
Word that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy spread fast among parishioners and clergy abuse survivors Thursday.
Brian DeLafranier, who filed a lawsuit last month against the diocese under the Child Victims Act, says he was caught off-guard by the decision. But he says it’s another “win” for clergy abuse survivors.
“Enough people have come forward to tell the diocese it’s a day of reckoning,” said DeLafranier. “Their (the diocese) time has come, now it’s time to face the music.”
DeLafranier claims he was sexually abused by a priest in the late 1970s. He’s one of several suing the diocese under the Child Victims Act.
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