As horror stories about sexually abusive priests began to dot the Democrat and Chronicle front page, two readers contacted the newspaper out of the blue. They challenged reporters to turn the same scrutiny on their own house. Look into a…
Accused ex-D&C newspaper carrier supervisor once arrested for groping paperboys
A late supervisor of Democrat and Chronicle newspaper delivery carriers, who was accused in a recent lawsuit of sexually abusing a paperboy in the 1980s, was arrested in 1987 on suspicion that he was groping paperboys in a Greece doughnut…
Under NYS Child Victims Act, 54-year-old man sues Diocese of Ogdensburg for childhood abuse
PLATTSBURGH — The day M.G. turned 23, he lost the chance to sue his childhood abuser. Now, nearly three decades later, the Child Victims Act has returned his voice. In his lawsuit against what was once St. John’s Church and…
A former paperboy’s story of sexual abuse
Bates recounted a series of forced sexual acts he said he endured in 1983, when he was 11 and 12 years old, and a paperboy for the Democrat and Chronicle. Now, he is suing the newspaper and its parent company,…
Former Brighton Democrat and Chronicle paper carrier suing Gannett for alleged abuse
New York City potentially facing 17 more sex abuse lawsuits and millions in legal exposure
The city government is potentially facing 17 new child sexual abuse lawsuits and tens of millions of dollars in legal exposure, a Manhattan law firm revealed in a recent letter to the city comptroller. In the Oct. 11 letter, lawyer…