Ex-parishioners shared their pain and called for accountability Monday, claiming they were sexually abused as children by Roman Catholic clergy stationed throughout Maine.

Attorneys with the law firm Berman and Simmons, along with two childhood abuse survivors, sat down in front of cameras Monday.

“He knew I liked cars, and he had a Trans Am, and you can probably get the gist of what happened,” plaintiff Glen Witham said. “He kind of had that over my head.”

At 14 years old, Witham lived at a boys home in Rumford across the street from the St. Athanasius and St. John Parish.

There, he says he suffered abuse at the hands of Fr. John Harris, starting in 1984.

“I just put everything behind me,” Witham said. “Like 40 years, until I saw this on the news.”

The news was that Maine lifted the statute of limitations in 2021, allowing anyone with a…