• The lawsuit alleges that priest Father Robert Hoeffner sexually abused boys.
• One of the alleged victims, Shawn Teuber, is now suing the diocese and claims Hoeffner used confession to coerce him into sexual acts.
• Brandon Kapas killed Hoeffner, Hoeffner’s sister, and his own grandfather before being killed in a shootout with police in January 2024.

A lawsuit against the Orlando Diocese of the Catholic Church was filed by a Boca Raton law firm on May 30, alleging negligence was committed by a Brevard County priest who was murdered in January 2024.

Jeff Herman of Herman Law firm, which represents sexual abuse survivors, announced at a press conference in Orlando that he is filing the suit on behalf of an alleged survivor who was childhood friends with Brandon Kapas, the man who killed Robert “Father Bob” Hoeffner.

The lawsuit alleges negligence by the Diocese of Orlando and St. Joseph Catholic Church and St….