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Hawaii News Now
By Tim Sakahara
KAILUA (HawaiiNewsNow) –
In elementary school Mark Pinkosh was an altar boy and spent a lot of time at St. Anthony Church in Kailua. He and his family were devout Catholics but says he was abused by his own priest.
“When I was about 8 or 9 years old Father Henry raped me and it was very violent and very intense and of course as an elementary school fourth grader it’s very difficult to process that kind of stuff,” said Mark Pinkosh, who filed a civil suit against the Roman Catholic Church of Hawaii.
Pinkosh was told to keep it to himself and initially didn’t tell his family but did go to others in the church.
“Simultaneously I told another priest. Nothing happened. I told a nun. I told another nun, so now four adults at my church know about this. Two nuns and two priests and nothing stopped the abuse,” said Pinkosh.
Another priest then came to the church. His name was Father Joseph Ferrario.
“I told him about the abuse that took place. He counseled me that it was a secret, I shouldn’t tell anybody and then he proceeded to rape me as well,” said Pinkosh.
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