BOSTON (MA)
Boston Herald
by Franci Richardson, Robin Washington, Marie Szaniszlo and Tom Mashberg
Wednesday, December 18, 2002
In church files released yesterday, the Rev. Joseph Coleman admitted molesting two boys at Mattapan’s St. Angela’s parish during the early 1980s when he was suffering from an alcohol problem.
In an interview with the Herald, he said he still feels remorse over his actions 20 years later.
“I had a drinking problem at that time and I was not in full control,” Coleman said from his Melrose home. “I’ve never excused it, never denied it – I’ve only tried to understand it, but that doesn’t in any way exculpate me.”
