ALBANY (NY)
Albany Times Union
By CAROL DeMARE, Staff writer
First published: Monday, June 13, 2005
ALBANY -- Victims of clergy sexual abuse protested Sunday for the second week outside Holy Cross Church, demanding the removal of the Rev. Daniel J. Maher from active ministry.
Maher, pastor of the parish on Western Avenue, was accused last month by a former altar boy of molesting him 32 years ago.
Protesters representing Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, SNAP, are claiming that children attending Holy Cross School are at risk.
SNAP said in a statement it would continue walking outside the church "until the bishop and diocesan leaders put the safety of the Holy Cross children first."
A diocesan spokesman said the diocese is waiting for cooperation from Thomas G. Clements III, now 44, of Colonie, who claimed he was sexually assaulted twice by Maher in 1973, when he was 12, at a camp on Saratoga Lake. Clements made the allegations at a May 18 news conference.