‘Release Yourself’: Woman Claiming Abuse by San Diego Priest Urges Others to File Reports

SAN DIEGO (CA)
NBC San Diego

May 10, 2019

By Christina Bravo and Melissa Adan

The Priest was named last November by the Catholic Diocese of San Diego among a list of more than 50 abusive priests in San Diego and San Bernardino of whom the diocese said it had received a credible allegation involving sexual abuse of a minor

A San Diego woman who says she was abused by a clergy member as a girl is urging other local sexual abuse victims to file reports with the state so religious leaders may be held accountable.

Cynthia Ann Doe is speaking out for the first time about what she says Monsignor Gregory Sheridan did to her when she was five years old and a parishoner at St. Jude’s Shrine of the West in the 60s.

Sheridan was named last November by the Catholic Diocese of San Diego among a list of more than 50 abusive priests in San Diego and San Bernardino of whom the diocese said it had received a credible allegation involving sexual abuse of a minor.

During a press conference outside the church’s doors, Doe did not publicly detail the priest’s acts but urged other victims to come forward so that Sheridan and the Diocese of San Diego could be investigated by the California Attorney General’s office.

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