WORCESTER (MA)
Telegram & Gazette
By Bronislaus B. Kush, TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
bkush@telegram.com
WORCESTER — A Holden woman who charged in 2012 that she was sexually abused over a three-year period by the former pastor of St. George Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral has sued the clergyman, who was convicted, and several Antiochian church organizations.
Susan Manter recently filed a civil suit in Worcester Superior Court seeking a minimum of $40,000 in damages against the pastor, the Rev. Charles M. Abdelahad; the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America; the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Diocese of New England; the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Diocese of Worcester, and St. George’s.
Several individuals in leadership or staff positions at the cathedral or within the church network were also named as defendants in the suit.
They are: Fawaz Elk Khoury, Maureen Butler, Jeff Solof, Philip Saliba, John Abdalah, Robert Laham, Steve Husson, Mary Ann Kourey, Victor Kourey, Diane Kourey, Ed Hughes, Brian Hurley and Gregory Abdalah.
Bishop Saliba is the archbishop of the Diocese of New York and the Antiochian metropolitan of North America. Bishop Abdalah is the auxiliary bishop of Worcester.
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