PITTSBURGH (PA)
WPXI TV
December 13, 2018
Two new lawsuits have been filed against the Diocese of Pittsburgh and Bishop David Zubik, alleging they knew about and allowed of priests to sexually assault young boys.
Later Thursday, Zubik announced the formation of the diocese’s compensation fund for survivors of clergy abuse.
The first lawsuit claims that Rev. Carl Roemele molested a victim multiple times when he was 13
The unnamed victim and his family were members of the St. Agatha parish in Bridgeville when the alleged attacks occurred.
According to a lawsuit filed Wednesday, Roemele had a close relationship with the victim’s parents and would take him to a cabin in Donegal where assaults are alleged to have occurred.
The second names Rev. Richard Lelonis, then at St. Luke’s in Carnegie, as the abusive priest.
According to the lawsuit, Lelonis sexually assaulted a boy between the time he was 8 and 12 years old in the late ’60s and early ’70s.
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