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Reported by: Gina Mangieri
Email: gmangieri@khon2.com
A man who anonymously sued a former Honolulu bishop and priest for sex abuse has come forward.
The alleged victim says he’s putting a name and face to the case so other survivors can seek justice during a legal window that expires in 2014.
Mark Pinkosh and his family were devout Catholics who attended st. Anthony church in Kailua, and not just on Sundays — every holy day, weekend and summer classes – even weekday mass where Mark was an altar boy. But he alleges his trust in the church turned to terror.
“When I was about 8 or 9 years old, Father Henry raped me, and it was very violent, it was very intense, and of course as an elementary school 4th grader it’s very difficult to process that kind of stuff,” said Mark Pinkosh, alleged victim.
He says he kept it quiet as he alleges he was instructed to do by Father Joseph Henry, now deceased. He didn’t tell family but says he but did tell two nuns and two priests.
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