Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Clergy sex abuse victim: 'My name is Barbara Erlandson and I am sharing my story'

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An Ottawa woman who was sexually abused by Rev. Barry McGrory in the mid-1970s says a senior church official made her feel that she was to blame for the crime.

Barbara Erlandson says she met in 1977 with then Bishop John Beahan, one of the most powerful figures in the Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa, to relate her story of abuse.

An Ottawa woman who was sexually abused by Rev. Barry McGrory in the mid-1970s says a senior church official made her feel that she was to blame for the crime.

Barbara Erlandson says she met in 1977 with then Bishop John Beahan, one of the most powerful figures in the Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa, to relate her story of abuse.  (more...)


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