MEDIA RELEASE – FEBRUARY 26, 2018

By Robert M. Hoatson
Road to Recovery
February 27, 2018

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

Road to Recovery, Inc. – P.O. Box 279, Livingston, New Jersey 07039 – 862-368-2800

TWO CHILDHOOD CLERGY SEXUAL ABUSE VICTIMS TO SPEAK OUT

A courageous childhood clergy sexual abuse victim from the Diocese of Buffalo, New York, Michael Whalen, will speak for the first time publicly about having allegedly been sexually abused by Fr. Norbert Orsolitis, currently a retired priest of the Diocese of Buffalo, New York whom Michael Whalen met when he was a parishioner of St. John Vianney Parish in Orchard Park, New York

It is alleged that Fr. Norbert Orsolitis took Michael Whalen to a cabin in Springville, New York near the Kissing Bridge Ski facility in approximately 1979/1980 when he was approximately 14 years old and sexually abused him

A second childhood clergy sexual abuse victim will be available by telephone anonymously to speak about allegations of being sexually abused by Fr. Robert P. Conlin in approximately 1980

What

A press conference by a courageous clergy sexual abuse victim, Michael Whalen, who allegedly was sexually abused as a child by Fr. Norbert Orsolitis in Springville, New York in approximately 1979/1980 during a ski trip when Michael Whalen was approximately 14 years of age. A second childhood sexual abuse victim will speak anonymously by telephone about allegations of being sexually abused by Fr. Robert P. Conlin

When

Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at 11:30 am

Where

On the public sidewalk outside the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, New York, 795 Main Street, Buffalo, New York 14203

Who

Michael Whalen, a childhood victim of sexual abuse by a Buffalo, New York, priest, and Robert M. Hoatson, Ph.D., President of Road to Recovery, Inc., a non-profit charity that assists victims of sexual abuse and their families. The second childhood sexual abuse victim will speak anonymously by telephone

Why

Michael Whalen, an alleged childhood sexual abuse victim of Fr. Norbert Orsolitis in Springville, New York, will speak publicly for the first time about the alleged sexual abuse he experienced at approximately 14 years of age in approximately 1979/1980 when he was a parishioner of St. John Vianney Parish, Orchard Park, New York. The second childhood sexual abuse victim who will remain anonymous will speak by telephone about allegations of being sexually abused by Fr. Robert P. Conlin, St. Mary’s Parish, Pavilion, New York

Contacts

Attorney Mitchell Garabedian, Boston, MA – 617-388-5252 (portrayed in the 2016 Academy Award-winning Best Picture, “Spotlight”)