FLORIDA
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Another sex abuse charge and $5 million lawsuit has been filed against the Diocese of Venice, this time involving a 13-year old boy who was abused in 2013 by a former Eucharistic Minister at St. Francis Xavier Church in Fort Myers.
The boy, who is now 14 years old and developmentally disabled, was abused several times by Robert Little, a former lay minister at the parish, according to the lawsuit, filed in Circuit Court Monday by Attorney Adam Horowitz.
Little pleaded guilty to the sexual abuse of the boy in July 2014 and is now a registered sex offender in Florida, the lawsuit says.
“The reason we filed the lawsuit is that we became aware that there was a prior complaint against the same minister (Little),” Horowitz said. “Our investigation revealed the Diocese of Venice failed to take action.”
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