ROANOKE, Va. (WSET) — Father George Zina, a priest at St. Elias Catholic Church Maronite Center in Roanoke, is named in a lawsuit that accuses him of sexually abusing a young boy in the early 2000s.
The lawsuit, filed in Orange County, Florida, by John Doe, is asking for compensation of $10 million in damages, filed against the Diocese of Orlando, Holy Family Catholic Church Orlando Inc. and St. Jude Maronite Catholic Church.
Jenny Rossman, a Lead Trial Attorney with Herman Law leading the suit, alleges that the abuse began when John Doe was just nine years old, working as an altar server at Holy Family Catholic Church under the priesthood of Zina.
This is a lawsuit that is against the institutions… We’re alleging that they were negligent. They failed to protect our client, John Doe, who was a child, a parishioner at the churches, and an altar server. They failed…
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