FLORIDA
Miami Herald
BY DAVID NORIEGA
DNORIEGA@MIAMIHERALD.COM
A new lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Miami claims that the head pastor at Coral Springs St. Andrew Catholic School covered up sexual abuse by a music teacher over several years.
The alleged abuser, Miguel Cala, currently is serving a 23-year-term for several cases in which he molested children during music lessons at their homes.
The new suit alleges that Cala repeatedly raped a boy at school between 2006 and 2010, starting when the boy was 6.
According to the lawsuit, Father George Puthusseril saw Cala abusing the boy but did not report the misconduct. Instead, he urged the boy not to tell his parents, allowing Cala to continue the abuse.
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