PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Big Trial
By Ralph Cipriano
for Bigtrial.net
A couple of former altar boys duked it out in court today.
Testifying for the prosecution in the Father Andy sex abuse case was Adam Visconto, 28.
He’s a special education administrative assistant who says that 15 years ago Father Andy creeped him out by attempting to lure Visconto and another altar boy down to the church basement for a secret rendezvous.
Visconto claimed that he and another altar boy, Steve Dozier, were so afraid that they ran to the parish school at St. John Cantius for safety. Visconto said that after he and Dozier told Visconto’s mother and a teacher what happened, the women advised the two altar boys to run home to Adam’s house and lock the door.
But the defense put their first witness on the stand today — Steve Dozier. He’s a former altar boy who’s now a Pennsylvania State Trooper. And Trooper Dozier told the jury today that Visconto’s story about running away to hide from Father Andy never happened.
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