MIAMI (FL)
Riptide
By Michael MillerThu., Nov. 15 2012
This afternoon, local attorney Jeffrey Herman held a press conference to announce yet another lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Miami. According to the suit, Father Neil Doherty — now in prison — drugged, molested, and raped then 15-year-old Miami resident Dennis Montero.
Before the press conference, however, the Archdiocese sent reporters a list of “questions that you should keep in mind” for the attorney including “Is the Archdiocese of Miami the only organization/person Mr. Jeffrey Herman sues?”
“It seems to me like it’s deflecting from the issue,” says Herman, “which is why was Neil Doherty working there for decades when he was molesting children?”
In his lawsuit, Montero says he met the priest in 1984 at the Keystone Trailer Park in Miami:
Doherty took Dennis and his friend to a trailer, where another adult male lived. In this trailer, Doherty gave Dennis wine. The wine was drugged and caused Dennis to lose consciousness. When Dennis awoke, he was naked with Father Doherty also naked sleeping next to him. Dennis could feel the residue of semen on his leg. Dennis was confused and upset, and Doherty calmed him down. Father Doherty offered Dennis Money.
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