ST. PETERSBURG (FL)
ABC Action News

October 16, 2018

By Mary Stringini

A former Tampa Bay resident has filed a lawsuit against two Catholic Dioceses alleging that they turned a blind eye against a priest accused of molesting children.

The lawsuit has been filed against the Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York and the Catholic Diocese of St. Petersburg, Florida.

Attorneys representing Mark Cattell, a victim of child sexual abuse allegedly committed by Father Robert D. Huneke, will hold a press conference on Wednesday, October 17, announcing the filing of the lawsuit.

The lawsuit, filed by Mark Cattell, claims that he was sexually abused by Father Robert D. Huneke on several occasions in 1981 when he was only 9-years-old. At the time, Cattell was a parishioner at Christ the King Church and a student Christ the King School in Tampa.