SALESIANS OF DON BOSCO PRIESTS AND BROTHERS BREAK THEIR PROMISE TO HELP A CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE VICTIM HEAL

By Robert M. Hoatson
Road to Recovery
June 4, 2016

http://www.road-to-recovery.org/

Leaders of the Salesian Priests and Brothers have refused to reasonably settle a childhood sexual abuse claim against one of its priests, Fr. Joseph Maffei, SDB, a serial pedophile, causing the victim, who was abused in Indiana, to be re-victimized

Fr. Timothy Zak, SDB, a leader of the Salesian Fathers and Brothers, based in New Rochelle, NY, inaccurately told advocate Dr. Robert M. Hoatson during a recent demonstration at a New Jersey church that the Salesians were settling the claim from a Salesian seminary in Indiana, but there has been no reasonable settlement and no reasonable settlement talks

At the Don Bosco Prep graduation exercises in Ramsey, NJ, the Salesian Priests and Brothers will have another opportunity to keep their promise by announcing to the 2016 graduates and their guests that they intend to do the right thing and reasonably settle the credible sexual abuse claim from Indiana against Fr. Joseph Maffei, SDB, a serial pedophile

What A demonstration alerting high school graduates, their families, the general public, and the media that the Salesians of Don Bosco, a religious order of men, have refused to reasonably settle the credible claim of sexual abuse in Indiana by a man who was promised a timely and fair resolution. Thus far, it has not happened.

When Saturday, June 4, 2016 from 3:30 pm until 5:30 pm before the commencement exercises of Don Bosco Prep, Ramsey, New Jersey which begin at 5:00 pm

Where On the public sidewalk across from the main entrance of Don Bosco Prep 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 Several weeks ago, Fr. Timothy Zak, SDB, a member of the leadership team of the Salesian Priests and Brothers of Don Bosco, approached Dr. Robert M. Hoatson at a demonstration outside Our Lady of the Valley Parish in Orange, NJ, and told him that there was no need for a demonstration outside that parish or any Salesian parish or school because the Salesians were in “settlement talks” with a man who was sexually abused as a child by a Salesian priest, Fr. Joseph Maffei, SDB, in Indiana. Fr. Timothy Zak, SDB, and the Salesians have not fulfilled their promise by resolving the Indiana claim, and demonstrators will demand that the Salesian priests and brothers do what they promised