ROCHESTER (NY)
Democrat and Chronicle
June 6, 2018
By Sean Lahman, Meaghan M. McDermott and Katie Sullivan
Flanked by two former priests, a Boston attorney stood on the steps of Sacred Heart Cathedral in Rochester and called Wednesday for the resignation of a Tioga County priest, naming him as one of eight clergy members accused of sexually abusing children in the Diocese of Rochester between 1950 and 1978.
The Rev. Thomas J. Valenti currently serves as the parochial administrator at Blessed Trinity — which includes St. James Church in Waverly, St. John in Newark Valley and St. Margaret Mary in Apalachin — as well as St. Patrick’s parish in Owego.
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