he new parish priest came to Lara Fortney’s fifth-grade class asking for volunteers to help in the rectory. A middle child from a big family, she stood out as the best behaved, the one who jumped when anything was asked of her. And this was a request from a Catholic priest, a man she believed was a bridge to God.
Her hand shot into the air.
Today, 35 years later, Lara is sure Father Augustine Giella already knew about her family.
One boy. Eight girls. In time, Giella would come to sexually abuse five of the sisters.
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