NEW YORK
WBFO
By EILEEN BUCKLEY • JAN 27, 2015
Two Western New Yorkers are calling on Pope Francis to investigate their cases of sexual abuse against the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo.
Vanessa DeRosa, 25, of Niagara Falls and Tino Flores, 50, of Buffalo, described their allegations during a Tuesday morning news conference in Amherst. They are being represented by the law firm Hogan Willig.
Flores says he was only ten years old in 1973 when the abuse occurred at the hands of Father Linus Hennessy. Flores offered a graphic description of the abuse.
“He started touching me, taking my hand and rubbing his leg, unzipping his pants [and] putting my hand in it,” described the Buffalo man.
Hennessy is now deceased. Flores says the Diocese offered him a $50,000 settlement, but he did not accept.
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