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Updated: 07/18/05 16:59:43
AN ALLEGED VICTIM OF PRIEST SEXUAL ABUSE FILES A CIVIL LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TODAY.
THE I-TEAM'S LAURE QUINLIVAN FIRST REPORTED LAST WEEK ON HOW THE ARCHBISHOP HANDLED FATHER RAY LARGER WHEN PARISHONERS COMPLAINED ABOUT HIM, AND SHE JOINS US NOW WITH THE LATEST DETAILS.
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YES, BUT LONG BEFORE HE GOT THOSE COMPLAINTS ON LARGER, THE PRIEST WAS ALLEGEDLY ABUSING A YOUNG BOY, ACCORDING TO THIS LAWSUIT. IT'S FILED AGAINST LARGER AND THE ARCHDIOCESE.... BY A MALE VICTIM NOW 21 YEARS OLD...
A GRAND JURY INDICTED FATHER LARGER LAST WEEK ON SIX COUNTS OF ABUSE, INCLUDING RAPE. THE INCIDENTS OCCURRED IN THE MID-90'S AT SAINT JAMES CHURCH IN WHITE OAK, WHERE LARGER WAS PASTOR. A 13 YEAR OLD BOY, ONE OF HIS PARISHONERS, HAD A MOTHER DYING OF CANCER. FATHER LARGER BEGAN COUNSELING, THEN ALLEGEDLY ABUSING THE BOY FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS.