LOUISIANA
KATC-TV
February 3, 2021
The Lafayette attorney accused of rape in an investigation related to the Boy Scouts held a press conference Wednesday to deny the allegations made against him.
“I want to begin by making it very clear. I completely deny any and all charges made against me by an anonymous alleged victim,” Barry Rozas said during the press conference. “It simply did not happen. And there are no circumstances that can ever be misconstrued as inappropriate in all of my years as being a scout leader. While I’m sympathetic to true victims of sexual abuse. There’s no victim in this case, as it relates to me, because I never abused anyone.”
Rozas, 52, was booked with one count of first-degree rape yesterday and released on a $25,000 bond, records show. The victim has alleged that he was raped by Rozas at a location in the 400 block of Cajundome Boulevard. This is the block where the Cajundome is located, as well as much of the UL Athletics complex. The records are not specific as to location; they just list the 400 block of that street. The complaint was one of 28 turned over to the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office in November by the Evangeline Council after the council received them from a commission working on the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy case.
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