TORONTO (CANADA)
CBC News
Dec. 5, 2019
By Laura Clementson and Gillian Findlay ·
Starting at the age of 10, Miriam MacCormack says she was sexually abused by a Catholic priest for two years.
After five decades of struggle — including suicide attempts — MacCormack will see her abuser’s name made public. But not by the southwestern Ontario diocese of London, where the abuse occurred.
MacCormack’s abuser, Father Ron Reeves, now dead, is among the names of 36 accused clergy compiled and published by a group of sexual abuse survivors.
MacCormack said the list is important as validation of what happened to her.
“If you sit down and you look at the list, it’s hard to deny that this has happened.”
The list includes names of priests in the London diocese who were charged, convicted or linked to victims that made allegations and successfully sued or settled with the church for amounts of more than $50,000 — and only those who preyed on minors.
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