MIAMI (FL)
Bradenton Herald
Associated Press
MIAMI - A woman who claims she was molested by a priest after she turned to the Archdiocese of Miami for help while pregnant as a teenager has sued and is seeking more than $10 million over the incident that allegedly occurred more than three decades ago.
The suit, filed Friday in Miami-Dade circuit court, names the archdiocese and Catholic Charities as defendants. No priest is named in the suit.
The incident allegedly took place around 1970, when the woman was about 14; the suit did not specify exact times or ages. The suit alleges she went to a clinic operated by the archdiocese for a pregnancy test and was sexually abused by a priest.
After the alleged assault, she claims of contemplating suicide, and later terminated the pregnancy rather than having the baby and giving it up for adoption as she originally intended, according to the suit. Because the pregnancy was terminated in its fifth month - long after visiting the clinic - she was unable to bear children, the suit said.