May 27, 2021
There are several reports that the man who was pegged as the killer of a 13 year old altar boy nearly a half century ago, died last week from covid19.
Defrocked Priest Richard Lavigne never confessed to the killing of Danny Croteau, but did say he was the last person to see him alive.
Meantime, there is increasing pressure of the Diocese of Springfield to release all the files related to sex abuse cases in the church.
Bishop William Byrne says that he will release an updated list next week of all credible complaints against priests and lay personnel.even those who have died.
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Activists want Lavigne case files released
Robert Hoatson, co-founder of Road to Recovery, calls on the Diocese of Springfield release all records about Richard Lavigne and other clergy accused of sexual abuse, Tuesday morning, in front of the diocese’s headquarters on Elliot Street in Springfield. His non-profit organization is a charity based in New Jersey that assists victims of sexual abuse and their families. LUIS FIELDMAN
Published: 5/25/2021 7:23:59 PM
SPRINGFIELD A day after Hampden County’s top prosecutor publicly concluded that former Catholic priest Richard Lavigne killed 13-year-old Danny Croteau in 1972, advocates for survivors of clergy sexual abuse called on the Diocese of Springfield to release any and all records about Lavigne.
GREENFIELD Richard Lavigne, the ex-priest who Hampden County’s top prosecutor says killed a 13-year-old altar boy in 1972, died just days before police planned to arrest him on a murder charge.As it turns out, Lavigne died of respiratory failure due.
One day after a prosecutor in western Massachusetts publicly accused a recently deceased former priest of murdering an altar boy a half-century ago, there