BOSTON (MA)
Boston Herald
July 18, 2018
By Marie Szaniszlo
A man who alleges he was raped as a child in the 1970s by a now-deceased Roman Catholic brother in Harvard, Mass., has filed a lawsuit accusing the head of the abbey where the abuse allegedly occurred of trying to conceal it and refusing to pay for his psychiatric treatment.
The plaintiff, identified as John Doe No. 1001 in a complaint filed Tuesday in Worcester Superior Court, alleges he was raped by Brother Joseph Martin at St. Benedict Abbey over four to five months, beginning in 1974, when he was 11.
The man, who was one of several boys who worked at the abbey, confided in a supervior there, according to the complaint, but the supervisor, who also is deceased now, did nothing to stop the abuse.
The plaintiff, now 55, yesterday said that for decades he suppressed memories of the abuse. He married, had a son and worked in several high-level positions with military and government contractors.
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