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NBC Miami
A former South Florida priest sentenced last month to 15 years in prison for sexually abusing a child decades ago is the subject of a newly filed lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Miami.
The lawsuit, filed in Broward Circuit Court on Thursday, alleges that Neil Doherty, now 69, drugged and sexually abused a 12-year-old boy around 1990 in Miami, according to a press release from attorney Jeff Herman’s law firm.
Herman is representing the alleged victim, listed in the lawsuit as John Doe No. 100.
“Doherty sexually abused other boys before, during, and after the time he abused John Doe, which was known to the Archdiocese and actively concealed,” the press release provided by Herman’s office alleges.
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