PENNSYLVANIA
Tribune-Democrat
Ruth Rice rrice@tribdem.com
JOHNSTOWN — The co-founder and president of a nonprofit charity that has been advocating for the sexual abuse victims of Brother Stephen P. Baker in Ohio and Johnstown held a press conference Saturday across from Bishop McCort Catholic High School on Osborne Street in the city’s 8th Ward.
Robert M. Hoatson, who heads Road to Recovery Inc. based in Livingston, N.J., said he suffered similar sexual abuse when he was a teen. He founded the organization as therapy for himself.
“My therapist told me the best thing I could do is help other sexual abuse victims,” Hoatson said. “My salvation has been getting involved. I get so excited and energized because it takes amazing courage for them to talk about it in front of thousands through the media.”
Michael Munno of Lorain, Ohio, accompanied Hoatson on his trip to Johnstown.
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