MANCHESTER (NH)
The Union Leader
By KATHRYN MARCHOCKI
Union Leader Staff
Manchester Bishop John B. McCormack knew a Massachusetts priest was in therapy for apparently abusing a young boy when he dismissed as groundless another parent’s concern that the priest may have molested his son, a church document released yesterday said.
The document is among hundreds alleged victims of the Rev. Joseph E. Birmingham said they will make public if McCormack does not agree to meet with them.
“We want to give him the opportunity to explain . . . before we decide to continue with the bloodletting,” said Gary M. Bergeron of Lowell, Mass., who said he was abused by Birmingham at St. Michael Church in Lowell.