Fox Chase Boy: standup comedy confronts trauma in a Catholic community
by Gerad Argeros, Kaya Dillon, Lindsay Poulton, Jess from US news | The Guardian on (#6X43E)
There is surprising nostalgia and humour in Gerad Argeros's story of healing after child abuse by a Catholic priest. He was an altar boy at St Cecilia Catholic church in north-east Philadelphia when, at age 11, he became one of the victims of paedophile James Brzyski. Decades later, the actor and father developed the one-man stage show Fox Chase Boy. Performing it to his close-knit parish he speaks directly about a crime cloaked in silence, and brings welcome insight into their collective trauma
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