US Catholic priests describe turmoil amid sex abuse crisis
CHICOPEE, Mass. — More than a century ago, waves of Catholic immigrants from Ireland, Poland and Quebec settled in Chicopee and other western Massachusetts mill towns, helping build churches, rectories and schools to accommodate their faith. Today the priests leading those churches are under siege due to stresses, challenges and sex abuse scandals complicating their lives and those of their fellow priests across the United States.The Rev. Mark Stelzer is among those trying […]
