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| Media Release – February 25, 2016
Road to Recovery
February 25, 2016
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/AbuseTracker/road-to-recovery.org
Leaders of the Salesian Priests and Brothers have refused to settle a childhood sexual abuse claim against one of their priests, Fr. Joseph Maffei, SDB, causing the victim, who was abused in Indiana, to be re-victimized. The victim is being denied justice.
One of the leaders of the Salesian Priests and Brothers, who is in charge of allegations of sexual abuse against Salesian Priests and Brothers, told advocate Dr. Robert M. Hoatson several weeks ago during a demonstration at a New Jersey church that the Salesians were settling the claim of the Indiana man. There has been no settlement and no talks of settlement
What
A demonstration and leafleting alerting the media, general public, parishioners, and school parents about the refusal of the Salesian Priests and Brothers, based in New Rochelle, New York, to settle a claim of sexual abuse of a child by a member of the Salesians of Don Bosco religious order, Fr. Joseph Maffei, SDB, when he was assigned to St. Dominic Savio Juniorate in Cedar Lake, Indiana
When
Friday, February 26, 2016 from 7:00 am until 8:00 am
Friday, February 26, 2016 from 1:00 pm until 2:30 pm
Where
FROM 7:00 – 8:00 AM
On the public sidewalk outside the headquarters of the Salesians of Don Bosco religious order and Salesian High School, 148 East Main Street, New Rochelle, New York 10801
FROM 1:00 PM until 2:30 PM
On the public sidewalk outside Don Bosco Preparatory School, 492 North Franklin Turnpike, Ramsey, New Jersey 07446
Who
Members of Road to Recovery, Inc., a non-profit charity based in New Jersey that assists victims of sexual abuse and their families, including its co-founder and President, Robert M. Hoatson, Ph.D.
Why
The Salesians of Don Bosco religious order refuses to settle a sexual abuse claim against one of its priests, Fr. Joseph Maffei, SDB. Fr. Maffei’s victim is a former student of a Salesian Juniorate school in Indiana. One of the leaders of the Salesians told advocate Dr. Robert M. Hoatson during a demonstration at Our Lady of the Valley Church in Orange, New Jersey several weeks ago that the sexual abuse claim was being settled, yet no settlement talks have taken place since that time. Demonstrators will call on the Salesian Priests and Brothers to do the right thing, settle the sexual abuse claim of the Indiana man, and treat him fairly and justly.
Contact
Robert M. Hoatson, Ph.D. - Road to Recovery, Inc. – 862-368-2800 – roberthoatson@gmail.com
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