FLORIDA
Huffington Post
The child sex abuse saga plaguing South Florida’s Catholic church has spawned yet another lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Miami — this one centered on fresh allegations against a priest previously accused of molestation.
Father Rolando Garcia is accused of inappropriate sexual contact in the 1980s with a litigant referred to “John Doe 94”. The lawsuit, according to CBS Miami, says Garcia fondled the child and other salacious acts over a period of 18 months at St. John Bosco in Little Havana, but the Archdiocese of Miami knowingly failed to act — and had even “actively concealed” a previous allegation brought in the early 1980s.
“[He would] kiss me, abuse me, touch me,” John Doe 94 told local media. “It’s like a nightmare — a person I’m thinking is going to be there for me.”
Last month, after the church received notice the suit would be filed, Garcia read a statement to his current parishioners at St. Agatha Church in Southwest Miami-Dade that was also issued by the Archdiocese.
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