‘i Don’t Want to Die without Telling This Story’: Reports of Alleged Abuse by Catholic Priests Rise Sharply

By Paul Muschick
Morning Call
September 20, 2018

https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-dont-want-to-die-without-telling-this-story-more-catholic-church-abuse-victims-come-forward-1537522200

Growing up in Scranton, Pa., John Patchcoski would often play kickball at the church down the street from his house. One of the priests took an interest in him and would sometimes join the kickball games and give John gifts, like an eight-track tape player.

Eventually, Father Michael J. Pulicare invited John to go on a fishing trip. On that trip, he says, the priest sexually assaulted him. It was the mid-1970s, and John was around 12 years old.