Lifelong Democrat Joey Piscitelli is high critical of Harris’ handling of clergy sex abuse cases.
Kamala Harris is emphasizing her experience as a prosecutor in her campaign for president, which is drawing attention to her decisions as a district attorney two decades ago — including how she handled victims of sex abuse by Catholic clergy.
Some advocates for victims say she didn’t help them when she could have — particularly during a seven-year period when she had control of personnel files of Catholic priests accused of sex crimes.
It’s not a new claim; critics have made it during at least two of Harris’ prior runs for higher office.
Joey Piscitelli, 69, a clergy sex-abuse victim and activist, told the Register that when Harris was San Francisco’s district attorney from 2004 to 2011, he couldn’t get documents from her, couldn’t get a meeting with her, and couldn’t even get an acknowledgment that he’d tried.
He estimates he sent her a half-dozen letters and participated in about a half-dozen protests outside her offices, to no avail.
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