CAMDEN (NJ)
Cherry Hill Courier-Post
Dec. 3, 2019
By Jim Walsh
A former altar boy has sued the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in federal court here, alleging a parish priest sexually abused him during summer trips to the Jersey Shore.
The suit, brought by a 51-year-old Arizona man, was filed under a new law that extends the statute of limitations for civil claims alleging childhood sex abuse.
The plaintiff, identified only as John Doe, contends he was sexually assaulted “hundreds of times from 1978 to 1982” by the Rev. James Brzyski, a Pennsylvania priest who faced similar accusations from multiple accusers before his death in 2017.
The lawsuit contends the Archdiocese of Philadelphia failed to protect Doe and other children from abusers in the clergy.
The suit says Brzyski’s “sexual grooming” began when he helped the boy, then 10, change his altar boy garments at St. John the Evangelist Church in Lower Makefield, Bucks County.
It says Brzyski initially massaged the boy, then moved on to molesting him.
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