FLORIDA
Miami Herald
By ROBERTO SANTIAGO, JAY WEAVER AND WANDA DEMARZO
rsantiago@MiamiHerald.com
Father Neil Doherty would slip something into his victims' drinks to make them sleepy. Then, when they were unconscious, the Catholic priest would assault them, according to documents released Friday.
The Archdiocese of Miami was aware of the priest's history, but instead of removing him, it moved him around -- to different parishes or Catholic agencies, according to attorney Jeffrey Herman, who has filed a $25-million lawsuit on behalf of a Margate man, and is preparing lawsuits for other victims, he said.
''They were also victims of [Rev.] Neil Doherty,'' said Herman, of Miami.
Herman represents five men who claim Doherty molested them while he was a priest.
Doherty, 62, now retired, was denied bond Friday -- a day after Broward Sheriff's deputies charged him with two counts of sexual battery on a child, two counts of indecent assault and one count of lewd or lascivious molestation.