Oct

17

Family struggles with aftermath of clergy sex abuse

October 17, 2007 | Comments Off

A moving article on the terrible after-effects of clergy sexual abuse was published today on WJBC.com.
When you think of clergy sexual abuse, people often think of older adults and young children. However, a couple from Bloomington says their son would have been 26 last week, but Eric Iliff never made it because he said he […]

Mar

16

The Defrocking of Fr. Timothy Blumentritt

March 16, 2007 | Comments Off

Fr. Timothy Blumentritt, accused of sexual abuse in a lawsuit recently filed against OCA’s St. Vladimir’s Seminary, was suspended and deposed in 2005.
The Nov/Dec. 2005 edition of “The Orthodox Church” (an OCA publication) lists him as suspended in June:
SUSPENDED
BLUMENTRITT, The Rev. Timothy, who was attached to Three Hierarchs Chapel, St. Vladimir’s Seminary, Crestwood, NY, is […]

Mar

13

St. Vladimir’s Seminary Sued on Charges of Sexual Abuse

March 13, 2007 | 7 Comments

Eric Iliff, a former seminarian at the OCA’s St. Vladimir’s Seminary, is suing for damages exceeding $10 million. Iliff claims to have been sexually abused in the course of the 2004-05
school year by Fr. Timothy Blumentritt, an Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology at the Seminary. Eric is said to have reported the abuse to the […]

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