FLORIDA
Fox 4
By FOX 4 News Staff. CREATED Sep 25, 2014
FORT MYERS, Fla. – A national organization dedicated to healing the abuse caused by the Catholic church is now weighing in on a case at a Fort Myers parish.
Isabelle and Sisto Romano stand by their reason for leaving St. Francis Xavier Church.
“We had a very good reason to leave,” explained Isabelle Romano on Wednesday. “And it was because our son and other children’s safety.”
They say their son’s safety was violated after he was sexually assaulted three years ago by Robert Little. Then a Eucharistic minister. Now a convicted sex offender in a separate case. On Tuesday, the Diocese of Venice denied that the Romano’s ever told them about the abuse. The next day, it backpedaled saying the couple did report that their son quote “felt uncomfortable” but that they declined to file a formal complaint.
He felt more than uncomfortable,” said Isabelle. “They know the situation. They know what happened. They were told immediately.”
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