Activists demand diocese release files in Lavigne case Robert Hoatson, co-founder of Road to Recovery, calls on the Diocese of Springfield release all records about Richard Lavigne and other clergy accused of sexual abuse, Tuesday morning, in front of the diocese’s headquarters on Elliot Street in Springfield. His non-profit organization is a charity based in New Jersey that assists victims of sexual abuse and their families. LUIS FIELDMAN Published: 5/25/2021 5:29:29 PM SPRINGFIELD — A day after Hampden County’s top prosecutor publicly concluded that former Catholic priest Richard Lavigne killed 13-year-old Danny Croteau in 1972, advocates for survivors of clergy sexual abuse called on the Diocese of Springfield to release any and all records about Lavigne.