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  July 18 Victim Sues Church, Larger

By Laure Quinlivan
WCPO [Ohio]
July 18, 2005

An alleged victim of priest sexual abuse files a civil lawsuit against the catholic church today.

The i-team's laure quinlivan first reported last week on how the archbishop handled father ray larger when parishoners complained about him, and she joins us now with the latest details.

Yes, but long before he got those complaints on larger, the priest was allegedly abusing a young boy, according to this lawsuit. It's filed against larger and the archdiocese.... By a male victim now 21 years old...

A grand jury indicted father larger last week on six counts of abuse, including rape. The incidents occurred in the mid-90's at saint james church in white oak, where larger was pastor. A 13 year old boy, one of his parishoners, had a mother dying of cancer. father larger began counseling, then allegedly abusing the boy for a period of two years.

Today the man's attorneys talked on wbdz (the buzz) radio. They say they filed the lawsuit because of church statements they say imply their client is lying about the abuse.

"For the church to go ont he attack and attaack this young man after all he's been through it's unconscionalbe and we're not going to let it happen. That's the reason we're here today. If they did not make a statement saying he lied or didn't pass that, we wouldn't be here today. We didn't step forward with this lawsuit until they tried to make it seem like he's lying and he's not lying."

The attorney is referring to the archdiocese reporting the compensation tribunal did not believe the man's allegations against larger.

However, as i reported last week, sources close to the criminal investigation say they proceeded because

The victim passed a voice stress analysis and father larger failed one.

Did the tribunal give a similar test or polygraph to victims?

No.

 
 

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