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  Third Man Files Sex Abuse Suit against Diocese

By Peter MacArthur
WDEL
June 13, 2008

http://www.wdel.com/story.php?id=412446975773

Another person is coming forward, suing the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington for being the target of more than a hundred incidents of sexual abuse he says were forced on him by a former priest.

The man, known as John Doe #3 in the suit, claims he was molested by the Reverend Francis DeLuca between 1962 and 1965 when the victim was a 10 to 13 year old altar boy.

The suit claims, as two previous ones have, that the Diocese was aware of what DeLuca was doing but let him remain a practicing priest.

Doe #3 claims the trauma from what happened has led to alcohol and drug abuse, failed marriages and an inability to hold a steady job, along with treatment for depression.

 
 

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