MIAMI (FL)
Miami Herald
By Audra D.S. Burch
aburch@miamiherald.com
The Miami Archdiocese faces another child abuse lawsuit involving an accused serial molester already being held in the Broward County jail in a criminal case.
In a lawsuit, Fr. Neil Doherty is accused of drugging and sexually molesting Dennis Montero almost three decades ago as the priest “blessed him” and told the then 15-year-old “his job was to share God’s love.’’
“He drugged me repeatedly and raped me repeatedly. This guy is a monster,” Montero, 43, said Thursday. “I ended up punishing myself with drugs and alcohol to deal with the pain.’’
Doherty, 69, already named in more than two dozen sex-abuse lawsuits, is in jail awaiting trial on a charge of sexually assaulting a minor in Broward County.
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