Dr. Michael Hancock This is Me

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1. 1. 2 charged in probe of abuse by priests

   www.cleveland.com/news/plainde - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/23/2003   Last Visited: 3/23/2003

   Dr. Michael Hancock, a physician who leads a Cincinnati chapter of Survivors of Those Abused by Priests, an advocacy group for people sexually abused by clergy, said he was encouraged by the indictments.
   
   "I think it's a step in the right direction. The more that these crimes are exposed, the better it is for the victims," Hancock said.
   
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2. 2. WCPO.com - The Web site of WCPO-TV in Cincinnati, Ohio

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   Published on: 5/9/2002   Last Visited: 5/10/2002

   Dr. Michael Hancock
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   Hancock entering the building where the archdiocese is located (WCPO/WCPO.com)
   
   click for larger image The building where the archdiocese is located (WCPO/WCPO.com)
   
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   Dr. Michael Hancock, who just recently went public with his story of abuse, said he feels the archdiocese isn't cooperating with the ongoing grand jury investigation and he presented a letter to the archdiocese Thursday.
   
   His letter comes just as a new subpoena was issued, demanding more church records.
   
   Hancock is a chiropractor who is married and the father of a little boy. It has taken him more than 20 years to come to terms with what happened to him one night when he was just 14 years old.
   
   Now, Hancock said he wants to share his story so other abuse victims will come forward. "I never forgot it. I didn't repress it. I always knew it was there."
   
   "The priest befriended the family and we'd go out and play racquetball and go to the movies and my folks thought what a great role model I would have," Hancock said.
   
   Then, one night 22 years ago, Hancock spent the night at the rectory at Immaculate Conception Parish in Bellevue, Ohio, and the unimaginable happened.
   
   "I had an overnight at his house, the rectory, and the abuse took place then. That priest had been moved around from parish to parish, been to four parishes in 13 years and is no longer with the ministry, but he could be taking pictures of kids at WalMart, could be a youth soccer coach, working at Chuck-E-Cheese, you know," he said.
   
   Hancock didn't tell anyone about his experience with the priest until just a few months ago. Since then, he has become the local director of Survivors Network of Those Abused By Priests, or SNAP.
   
   Now, Hancock has asked the Cincinnati Archdiocese, in the form of a letter delivered Thursday, to hold abusive priests accountable for their actions.
   
   "Stop hiding behind the statute of limitations. Stop making victims sign a gag order in exchange for their settlement. That's wrong. Child abuse is child abuse," he told 9News Thursday.
   
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   Subpoenas aren't the only solution, Hancock said. To uncover abusive priests other victims have to come forward, he said.
   
   "I'd like to tell young men and young women, because it's not just a young man problem, you are not alone," he said.
   
   In the meantime, catholics in Butler County are planning a unity march on May 19 in downtown Hamilton. Marchers will pray and recite the rosary before concluding with a show of appreciation for priests, nuns and deacons.

3. 3. toledoblade.com

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   Published on: 12/6/2002   Last Visited: 12/6/2002

   The accuser, Michael Hancock, now 33 and a chiropractor in suburban Cincinnati, made the accusation at a news conference. Another man has told the diocese that he was abused by the priest in 1987.