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St. Catharines Standard
By Allan Benner, The Tribune
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
DUNNVILLE – More than two years after filing a lawsuit against the priest convicted of molesting him when he was a teenage alter boy, Dunnville resident Michael Blum is still waiting for closure.
He was one of three victims former priest Donald Grecco was convicted of sexual abusing in Welland and Cayuga in the late 1970s and early 1980s. After pleading guilty to the charges against him in 2010, Grecco was released from custody in December 2011.
“There’s very little progress,” Blum said when contacted at his Dunnville home, Tuesday. “It’s very frustrating. He’s been out of prison now for quite some time.”
In 2010, Blum and two other victims, including former Welland resident James Hennessy who now lives in England and another man whose identity is protected by a publication ban, filed lawsuits for $3 million each against Grecco, the Diocese of St. Catharines and former bishop James Wingle.
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