MIAMI (FL)
NBC 6
A retired Miami priest who’s already behind bars awaiting criminal trial on sexual battery charges is the subject of a new lawsuit filed Thursday that claims he drugged and sexually abused a teen boy in the 1980s.
The lawsuit, filed against the Archdiocese of Miami, claims Father Neil Doherty, 69, began the abuse when the victim, Dennis Montero, was 15-years-old.
A spokeswoman for Montero’s attorney, Jeffrey Herman, said Montero wants his name disclosed and will be speaking about the alleged abuse at a Thursday afternoon news conference.
Officials with the Archdiocese said they were aware of the lawsuit and would issue a statement sometime Thursday.
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