In a powerful press conference, a survivor of child sexual abuse courageously shared his story and detailed new evidence against the late Father Robert “Bob” Hoeffner, who served for nearly two decades at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Palm Bay, Florida. The evidence was presented by Jeff Herman and his team at Herman Law, as part of a new civil lawsuit filed in the Circuit Court of the Ninth Judicial Circuit in and for Orange County, Florida.

The complaint, filed on behalf of 26-year-old Shawn Teuber, alleges that Father Hoeffner sexually abused him on multiple occasions from 2012 to 2014, during his time as a student at St. Joseph Catholic School and parishioner at St. Joseph Catholic Church. It names the Diocese of Orlando, St. Joseph Catholic Church Palm Bay, St. Joseph Catholic School and St. Joseph Catholic Parish as defendants, accusing them of negligence, reckless disregard and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

“I’ve carried this pain for…