July 21, 2005

Man, charging priest with abuse, files suit

CINCINNATI (OH0
Dayton Daily News

By the Dayton Daily News

A man whose claims of childhood abuse led to the indictment of the Rev. Raymond Larger is seeking unspecified damages in a civil lawsuit filed against the priest and the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.

Ken Lawson, one of the man's attorneys, said his client was abused several times between December 1995 — when he was 11 — and August 1997.

A Hamilton County grand jury on July 14 indicted Larger on six counts of child abuse stemming from the allegations.

The man said the abuse occurred when Larger was a priest and pastor at St. James Parish in White Oak.

The man, identified as John Doe, was an altar boy.

Posted by kshaw at July 21, 2005 07:20 AM