Encore: Victim to Victor: Clergy Sexual Abuse

The Salesian Order of Brothers and Priests is the largest missionary order in the Catholic Church. Unfortunately, lurking within this religious community are priests who molest youngsters. Joey Piscitelli was one of the unlucky ones. Years later, Joey took the unprecedented and dramatic step of filing a civil action stating that he was molested by a Salesian priest and that the priest’s supervisors could and should have prevented the abuse. Joey proved his case and, amazingly, prevailed! The Salesians appealed and a California appellate court upheld the lower court ruling that, indeed, Joey was molested and the priest’s colleagues and those in authority were responsible. Joey Piscitelli’s gripping account of his triumph against the both the Catholic Church and the Salesian Priests is one not to be missed.