Local survivors of clergy abuse attend special mass in Little Italy

CHICAGO (IL)
WGN-TV

October 19, 2019

At one of the few structures to survive the Great Chicago Fire in 1871, survivors of a different kind arrived Saturday.

Many local survivors of clergy abuse showed up Saturday to Holy Family Church in Little Italy.

“To know we’re not alone and that there are other people who believe you,” Jim Hoffman said. “That’s the ultimate goal of today’s liturgy.”

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