He Sued over a Priest’s Abuse. Then the Diocese Filed for Bankruptcy.

By Corina Knoll
New York Times
September 26, 2019

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/26/nyregion/sexual-abuse-rochester-diocese-catholic.html

The Rochester diocese’s move has left many who were promised justice under New York’s Child Victims Act feeling betrayed.

Peter Saracino was in elementary school when, he said, a priest lured him away from a swimming pool and sexually abused him inside a seminary.

He kept the secret for decades, even as his life fell apart.

“We were raised to view the priest as another Christ,” Mr. Saracino said, “so when you get raped by a priest, it’s like being raped by God himself.”

Last month, at 67 years old, Mr. Saracino filed a lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester under a new law in New York that allows victims to seek justice over sexual abuse from long ago.