Allentown Diocese, Former Bishop, Former Priest and Treatment Center Sued

By Tim Darragh and Peter Hall
Morning Call
November 13, 2018

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/faith-religion/2018/11/13/Allentown-Diocese-former-bishop-former-priest-and-treatment-center-sued/stories/201811120146

A 29-year-old man is suing Allentown Diocese Bishop Alfred Schlert, former Bishop Edward Cullen, a former diocesan priest and a treatment center for priests in a complaint alleging he was sexually molested between the ages of 10 and 12.

The lawsuit, filed Monday in Lehigh County Court, alleges that former priest Bruno Tucci groped the man, identified in the lawsuit as “John Doe,” when he was an altar boy at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Nesquehoning between 1999-2001.

Attorneys Gerald J. Williams of Philadelphia, Michelle Simpson Tuegel of Dallas and Muhammad S. Aziz of Houston, who represent John Doe, said during a news conference in Philadelphia the suit is the first seeking monetary damages that is based on information contained in the Pennsylvania grand jury report on clergy abuse released this summer.