NEW YORK
Syracuse.com
By John O’Brien | jobrien@syracuse.com
on June 02, 2017
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A 41-year-old man sued the Syracuse Catholic Diocese and a retired priest today, claiming the priest repeatedly molested him as a child three decades ago.
The diocese determined the accusations to be credible three years ago, according to the accuser, Matthew Strzepek.
The priest, Felix Colosimo, denied the allegations today. But he wouldn’t say whether the diocese found them to be credible.
“Oh, my gosh — that is so untrue,” Colosimo told Syracuse.com of Strzepek’s accusations. “There’s no proof.”
Strzepek, who lives outside Santa Barbara, Calif., accused Colosimo in the lawsuit of sexually abusing him from 1987 through 1990, when Strzepek was 12 to 15 years old.
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