Priest Sued For Alleged Abuse

Cincinnati, Ohio --

9News Anchor, on set:
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 PARISHIONERS COMPLAINED ABOUT HIM, AND SHE JOINS US NOW WITH THE LATEST DETAILS.

Laure Quinlivan, I-Team reporter, on set:
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 PARISHIONERS, HAD A MOTHER DYING OF CANCER. FATHER LARGER BEGAN COUNSELING, THEN ALLEGEDLY ABUSING THE BOY FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS.

Read the article at WCPO.com Dated July 18, 2005

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