BUFFALO (NY)
Spectrum News
Nov. 14, 2019
By Fadia Patterson
After suffering in silence for decades, survivors of clergy sexual abuse are now speaking out and have formed a peer support group to help others do the same.
While doing so, the Buffalo Survivors Group hopes to educate the public about the signs of abuse.
The group met for the first time Thursday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in East Amherst, at a time when many are watching to see whether Bishop Richard Malone is going to resign.
For many in that room, the abuse they endured may have happened years ago, but the wounds are still fresh.
“We’re all in a club that I don’t think we signed up for,” said Angelo Ervolina, one of five founders and an abuse survivor.
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