LI woman files suit alleging sexual abuse by local priest

NEW YORK
Newsday

By BART JONES

A Long Island woman Wednesday charged that a Roman Catholic priest sexually abused her when she was eight years old, though the Diocese of Rockville Centre called it “an unfortunate publicity stunt.”

Attorneys for the 20-year-old woman, whom Newsday is not naming due to the nature of the charges, filed a lawsuit Wednesday in State Supreme Court in Nassau County alleging that she was abused…

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