Come and interview Gerald Armstrong of Kansas City, MO, a 67-year-old childhood sexual abuse victim of deceased Red Sox equipment and clubhouse manager, Donald J. Fitzpatrick, who has been demanding for decades that the Red Sox, Kansas City Royals, and Major League Baseball do the right thing for him and 20 of his fellow victims, 14 of whom are African-American like Gerald Armstrong
However, the Red Sox, Royals, and Major League Baseball still have not acknowledge nor settled fairly and in a timely manner sexual abuse claims against Donald J. Fitzpatrick, and these men continue to be re-traumatized and re-victimized
Attorney Mitchell Garabedian of Boston, MA, represents all the 21 of the sexual abuse victims in this matter, and his letters to the Red Sox, Royals, and Major League Baseball have been ignored. It is time for the Red Sox, Royals, and Major League Baseball to do right by these men who were sexually abused as children throughout the United States
MEDIA RELEASE – FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2022
What
A demonstration and leafleting informing the Red Sox, Kansas City Royals, Major League Baseball, Baseball Fans, and the General Public that 21 men, ranging in age from the ‘40’s to the ‘60s, still have not been treated fairly in addressing and acknowledging their claims of childhood sexual abuse by Donald J. Fitzpatrick, deceased equipment and clubhouse manager of the Boston Red Sox
When
Saturday, April 9, 2022 from 11:30 am until 2:00 pm before the Yankees/Red Sox game
Where
On the public sidewalk outside Yankee Stadium on 161st Street near the large staircase.
Who
Gerald Armstrong, a victim/survivor of childhood sexual abuse at Kansas City’s Municipal Stadium when the baseball team was called the Kansas City Athletics. Gerald has been courageously demonstrating in cities throughout the country to move the Red Sox, Royals, and Major League Baseball to do the right thing by him and many others; and Robert M. Hoatson, Ph.D., President of Road to Recovery, Inc., a non-profit charity based in New Jersey that assists victims of sexual abuse and their families
Why
(see above)
Contacts
Robert M. Hoatson, Ph.D., Road to Recovery, Inc. – 862-368-2800 –