NEW YORK
Courthouse News Service
By BARBARA LEONARD
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (CN) – The director of religious education at a church in Brooklyn was a known child abuser who molested a boy in his care, the alleged victim claims in court.
Brandon Luis Otero says his sexual abuse occurred while he was enrolled in after-school CCD program at St. Lucy’s – St. Patrick’s Church in 2008 and 2009.
The Catholic Church administers the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, also known as catechism or CCD, to public school children who would otherwise not have religious education.
Otero’s alleged attacker, Angelo Serrano, is described in the complaint as a volunteer for the Brooklyn diocese and director of religious education at St. Lucy’s – St. Patrick’s.
The Revs. Frank Shannon and Stephen Lynch were responsible for hiring Serrano, according to the complaint in King’s County Superior Court.
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