In this Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, photo, Ramon Mercado, right, recalls childhood clergy sexual abuse while his lawyer, Adam Slater, left, takes notes during an interview in his office overlooking St. Patrick’s Cathedral, in New York. Mercado said he kept silent about the abuse he suffered at the hands of a New York priest, in part not to upset his devout Catholic mother. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)