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LI woman files suit alleging sexual abuse by local priest

By Bart Jones
Newsday
January 21, 2015

http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/li-woman-files-suit-alleging-sexual-abuse-by-local-priest-1.9830963

Attorneys J. Michael Reck and Jeff Anderson, from the St. Paul, Minnesota, law firm of Jeff Anderson & Associates PA, discuss a planned lawsuit against Roman Catholic religious officials, the Diocese of Rockville Centre and St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Greenlawn, on behalf of a 20-year-old woman who says she was sexually abused by a priest.

A Long Island woman Wednesday said that a Roman Catholic priest sexually abused her when she was 8 years old, though the Diocese of Rockville Centre called it "an unfortunate publicity stunt."

Attorneys for the 20-year-old woman, whom Newsday is not naming due to the nature of the claims, filed a lawsuit Wednesday in State Supreme Court in Nassau County alleging that she was abused by the...

Contact: bart.jones@newsday.com




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