Pa. man: 'Callous' church let 3 pedophiles rape me

[xchrom]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PRIEST_ABUSE_LAWSUIT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-07-27-14-20-42

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A Philadelphia man at the heart of a groundbreaking criminal case against the Philadelphia archdiocese has filed a related civil suit, charging that the church let two priests and a teacher serially rape him as a young altar boy.

The 23-year-old man accused the Roman Catholic church in Philadelphia of "callous indifference" to his suffering as a 10-year-old schoolboy.

The suit seeks at least $450,000 in damages from the archdiocese and other defendants. The Philadelphia Inquirer first reported Wednesday on the suit, filed this week by a man identified as "Billy" in a February grand jury report.

Prosecutors have accused the archdiocese of letting "a trio of pedophiles" pass him around from 1999 to 2000, starting when the Rev. Charles Engelhardt forced him to engage in mutual oral sex in a church sacristy at age 10.

[roguevalley]

1. I hope he wins, the poor thing

[AlecBGreen]

2. bastards

:grr: $450,000 doesn't even begin to come near what they should pay up.