Mr. Ryan-Vuotto said it wasn’t until he entered the seminary in 1987 that he began the process of overcoming what had happened. “You know, I always cared very deeply for you, and I never meant to hurt you,” he recalled Father Lott saying. Mr. Ryan-Vuotto was a priest for 18 years, his last post as pastor of St. Rita’s Church on Staten Island. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyMitchell Garabedian, the lawyer portrayed in the movie “Spotlight,” represented Mr. Ryan-Vuotto. He called for all posthumous honors to be stripped from Father Lott and the other accused priests.

Source: New York Times October 29, 2017 20:15 UTC