NEW JERSEY
Asbury Park Press
Susanne Cervenka, @scervenka July 4, 2014
A Brick woman has filed a civil lawsuit against a Catholic priest awaiting trial on criminal charges accusing him of sexually assaulting the woman and her two children.
Dawn Corvino of Brick, as well as her two children, who are listed in the lawsuit as John and Jane Doe, are accusing Marukudiyil Velan of sexually assaulting them in their home in July 2012, causing emotional distress.
A criminal case related to the incident is pending with a trial scheduled for September, said Al Della Fave, spokesman for the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office. Velan faces charges of criminal sexual contact and endangering the welfare of a child, sexual assault, according to the February 2013 indictment.
The civil lawsuit, filed Tuesday, also names the Catholic Diocese of Trenton and Church of the Visitation on Mantoloking Road in Brick, accusing both of causing emotional distress as well as failing to supervise Velan, who previously was a priest at the church.
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