PA Priest Trial: Ex-Altar Boy Says He Turned To Drugs After Abuse
https://foster2forever.com/2024/08/ogru3g1c2q.html PHILADELPHIA — A young man told a jury in a criminal priest-abuse case Wednesday that he was sexually assaulted as an altar boy by two Philadelphia priests and that he soon turned to drugs for relief. The witness, a policeman’s son, said he started smoking marijuana the summer he turned 11 to deal with the abuse, and has since tried drug treatment 23 times to battle addictions to heroin, painkillers and other drugs. READ MORE HERE
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