--Brown sexually abused kids while he was a priest in the
--Brown
sexually abused kids while he was assigned to Our Lady of Mercy parish in
--In 1951 Brown was assigned to St Sylvester’s parish in
--Brown sexually abused boys while he was assigned to St Sylvester’s parish during the 1950’s.
--Brown sexually abused boys while he was assigned to St Sylvester’s parish during the late 1960’s.
--Brown and church volunteer, Paul Ditto, sexually abused a minor while he was assigned to St Sylvester’s parish in 1976-1978.
--When Brown retired, and his new house was built on Schumacher Ridge across from Paul Ditto’s house, several parish women cleaned up the rectory after Brown had left. What they found in that rectory verified that Brown had been sexually abusing boys while he lived there from 1951 to 1985.
--In Aug. 2006,
--I have very good sources who have confirmed to me, that Fr Brown sexually abused many, many boys in St Sylvester’s rectory. He was well known for having alcohol and over-night parties at the rectory in Woodsfield, and boys were encouraged to attend.
--When I called
the
--I later learned
that the
--Fr Brown sexually abused boys of varied ages… from the age of around 8 years old, to boys well into their teens.
RETURN TO TOPVoice of the Desert - - Supporting survivors of clergy sexual abuse and examining the cover up, causes, and effects of that abuse in the Roman Catholic Church
Received by email this morning, 10.10.2008, from Judy Jones. Thank you, Judy, for all the good work you are doing.
I am responding to the story published in the Kansas City Pitch news,”The Ghosts of St. Elizabeth“. Portions of this story are posted (below). The entire article can be viewed on the internet, (The Ghosts of St. Elizabeth: for Kansas City's Catholic Sex-Abuse Victims, This Was a Parish of Pain ). This story about victims who were sexually abused by priests, is very familiar to me. This story personally touched my heart and soul because it is so similar to what happened in Woodsfield, Ohio at St Sylvester’s church, especially the part about the church rectory. From what I know, abuse occurred to boys in the St Sylvester’s rectory as far back as the 1940′s. ... Click HERE for the complete article.