WATERBURY (CT)
WTNH
November 9, 2018
By Mario Boone
A lawsuit has been filed against the Archdiocese of Hartford over allegations of sexual abuse by a priest at a Waterbury church.
According to the lawsuit filed by Attorney Thomas McNamara Friday, the late Reverend Walter Vichas sexually assaulted then 10-year-old altar boy Kevin Distasio in 1980 at the Blessed Sacrament Church on Robbins Street in Waterbury.
“The sexual abuse was at the hands of Reverend Walter Vichas,” McNamara told News 8 Friday.
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