Xaverian Missionary Priest Child Sex Abuse Victim Breaks Silence

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Child clergy abuse survivor Joseph Callander speaks to Boston news media on Friday, April 17, 2010. Joe broke a confidentiality agreement to speak publicly for the first time about the repeated sexual assaults he endured by Fr. Mario Pezzotti at the Xaverian Missionary Fathers minor seminary in Massachusetts when Joe was 14 years old.

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Fr. Mario, a subject of a recent International AP news investigation, was later transferred to Xaverian Missions in Brazil, where he had unrestricted access to children for many years. The priest has now been transferred to Paloma, Italy.

In a letter he sent to Cardinal William Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith at the Vatican, Callander writes, "The Church's recent promises of reform are meaningless if there is no accountability. The Xaverian Missionaries have been able to act globally by silently transferring known child molesters to unsuspecting countries. This is a crime that must be stopped.'

Introducing Mr. Callander and speaking at the end of the video is Bill Nash, a Massachusetts based clergy abuse victim and advocate for others. Others present are member of the Boston chapter of the national Survivors Network Of Those Abused By Priests.



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