CONNECTICUT
The Day
By Karen Florin
Publication: The Day
Published 10/09/2013
A man in his 40s who says he was molested by a parish priest at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Niantic as a teenager has filed a civil lawsuit against the Norwich Diocese, the church and retired Bishop Daniel Reilly.
The plaintiff, identified only as John Doe, claims that the Rev. Vincent Marino plied him with money and alcohol in 1983 and 1984 and sexually assaulted him on church grounds and elsewhere. He is represented by New London attorney Robert I. Reardon Jr., who has won millions of dollars for plaintiffs in clergy sex abuse cases.
Reardon said his client reported the abuse to church officials when he reached his 20s, but nothing was done. Marino was transferred from St. Agnes to St. Mary’s Church in Stonington and is now a parish priest in Siracusa, Sicily, according to Reardon. Marino is in his mid-50s.
“We have located him, and at some point we will be seeking his deposition,” Reardon said. “We have to petition the Italian courts for permission.”
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