New documents reveal disturbing details

FLORIDA
WINK News

FORT MYERS, Fla. – The details were kept sealed for years, but new documents show explicit details about the abuse one teen who says he suffered at the hands of former father, Jean Ronald Joseph.

“We did reach a settlement last month, says Adam Horowitz, attorney for the victim. “It was a 6 figure settlement.”

These documents outline an internal investigation by the Diocese of Venice into former father Jean Ronald Joseph, accused of sexually abusing a teen while he worked here at the saint francis xavier parish.

“For 15 years, between 1993 and 2008, the diocese of Venice was aware of a history of red flags by this priest,” says Horowitz

The victim says Joseph groped him in his sleep back in 1993 when he was 16 years old.

The new documents show questionable behavior by Joseph, and witness accounts of other possible victims. Something attorney Adam Horowitz’s client wasn’t aware of. “He had no idea that there were these suspicious behavior that father Joseph was engaged in.”

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