CAMBRIDGE (MA)
Wicked Local Cambridge
By Erin Baldassari/ebaldassari@wickedlocal.com
Wicked Local Cambridge
Posted Nov 01, 2013
Cambridge —
At least one man and one woman say they were sexually abused as children by a priest at St. Peter’s Parish on Concord Avenue in Cambridge in the 1970s.
Survivors of clergy sexual abuse, representatives from the New Jersey-based non-profit Road to Recovery, supporters and friends will be leafleting at the church on Saturday, No. 2 and Sunday, Nov. 3 in an effort to raise awareness about the allegations and encourage other victims to come forward.
Both victims said they were sexually molested while Father James Braley was assigned to the church from 1975-1981.
“We want to let them know what happened there because we’re pretty sure there were dozens of people who were abused,” said Robert Hoatson, the president of Road to Recovery, an organization that works with victims of clergy sexual abuse. “Hopefully we can begin the healing process.”
Neither of the two victims were immediately available for comment, but a lawyer who represents both victims detailed the allegations. Attorney Mitchell Garabedian said the male victim was 14 year old when the abuse began; the girl was just 10.
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