Cathedral High School graduate finds validation after Springfield diocese hears her sexual abuse claim against late Rev. Karl Huller
Updated Feb 12, 2021;
Posted Feb 12, 2021
The late Rev. Karl Huller s photograph is seen in a screen capture from the website for St. Michael s Cathedral in Springfield, where he once served as rector and a meeting room at the Bishop Marshall Center was once named in his honor. In 2004, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield settled claims by two men who alleged they were sexually abused by Huller as students at Cathedral High School. In December 2020, the diocese accepted as credible a third survivor s claim that she was also sexually assaulted by Huller as a student there in the 1960s.
‘It’s gut-wrenching’: Edgar Bowser, man who killed Shrewsbury Police Officer James Lonchiadis in 1975, granted medical parole
Updated Feb 04, 2021;
In 1975, Edgar Bowser, armed with a .32 caliber handgun, shot and killed 28-year-old Shrewsbury Police Officer James Lonchiadis. Forty-six years later, Bowser has been granted medical parole.
The 62-year-old inmate has spent much of the past five decades behind bars but is now being granted medical parole after a decision was issued by Massachusetts Department of Correction Commissioner Carol Mici, sources told MassLive.
Bowser, an inmate at Old Colony Correctional Center in Bridgewater, has been diagnosed with metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma, a rare cancer that originates in the upper part of the throat. The cancer has spread to his bones, and he remains unresponsive, which is why he was granted medical parole in the first place, according to Bowser’s Somerville-based attorney, Rebecca Rose.
Holyoke man, 25, arrested on murder charges 1 year and 1 day after the homicide of Raequese Wright
Updated Jan 13, 2021;
HOLYOKE – Police arrested a 25-year-old man on a murder charge one year and one day after he allegedly shot a Springfield man to death in the downtown area.
Jose Gonzalez-Diaz, 25, of Holyoke, was arrested on Tuesday on a warrant charging him with the murder of Raequese Wright, said James Leydon, spokesman for Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni.
Wright was killed on Jan. 11, 2020 near 133 Sargeant St. A Holyoke police officer heard multiple gunshots while on patrol in the area and quickly responded to find Wright suffering from gunshot wounds. He began first aid and Wright was brought to Holyoke Medical Center where he died, Leydon said.
Springfield Diocese plans continued reforms in handling of clergy sexual abuse claims
Updated Jan 03, 2021;
Posted Jan 03, 2021
Daniel Ford, left, a retired superior court judge, is chairman of the 10-member Task Force on the Response to Sexual Abuse within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield. On his right in this Dec., 14, 2020 photo is Jeffrey Trant, director of the diocese s Office of Safe Environment and Victim Assistance. (Don Treeger | The Republican)
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield will move forward in 2021 with a new bishop at the helm and building on reforms implemented under former Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanski to better address how it handles allegations of clergy sexual abuse.
Holyoke man arraigned on charge of killing Agawam man
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Published: 12/14/2020 7:53:18 PM
HOLYOKE Police on Friday arrested a city man who has been charged with killing Robert James, a 52-year-old Agawam resident, in October.
Police arrested Felix Torres-Rodriguez, 28, after a detective assigned to a road construction detail reportedly saw him near Spring Street. Torres-Rodriguez was wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of James, whom police found with a gunshot wound on Oct. 30 after he was involved in a car crash on Main and Spring streets.
“The detective contacted other officers who responded to the area and arrested Torres-Rodriguez a short time later,” Hampden District Attorney’s Office spokesman James Leydon said in a statement.