Faith sustains Merzbacher abuse survivor August 19, 2010By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Local News, News Murphy insisted her story is not one of rape and betrayal. It’s about the “awesome healing power of a gracious God,” she said.
Former St. Leo pastor admits to sexual abuse January 8, 2009By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Local News, News Parishioners of St. Leo in Little Italy were informed Dec. 28 that Michael Salerno, formerly their Pallottine pastor, admitted to the sexual abuse of a minor in the 1970s and that his faculties to function as a priest have been permanently revoked.
St. Leo pastor accused of abuse, removed from ministry November 22, 2007By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Local News, News The pastor of St. Leo church in Little Italy has been removed from ministry by his religious order and stripped of his faculties to function as a priest.