Lawsuit: "Victim" Was Over 30 When Father Rosica Allegedly Fondled His Genitalia

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The anonymous Ontario priest, who has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Father Thomas Rosica and his religious order, the Congregation of St. Basil, was over 30 years old when he claims that an alleged "abuse” occurred. LifeSiteNews.com (September 5) obtained copies of the court declarations. The plaintiff claims that Rosica's behavior interfered with a "normal development" and deprived him of "a healthy adolescence". He is well known in Ontario, but is not a priest of the Archdiocese of Toronto, where Rosica has lived for decades. Rosica was born in New York, has graduated from the Biblicum in Rome, then worked as CEO of 'Salt and Light TV' and became an English-language media attaché in the Vatican press office. His career crashed in 2019 due to his plagiarism. This summer, he was seen entering a homosexual sauna. The plaintiff was in his late twenties when he first met Rosica in 1997. At the time, Rosica was the chaplain of the Newman Center at the University of Toronto. He was "impressed with Rosica who was influential, well-connected, and internationally recognized within the Roman Catholic Church." Rosica, about ten years his senior, invited the plaintiff to join him at the Newman Center in Toronto. The plaintiff continued his graduate studies and priestly duties, but yet NOT within 100 miles (160 km) of Toronto. Father Rosica and the plaintiff worked together for World Youth Day 2002 in Toronto. According to the plaintiff, Rosica began giving him spiritual and career advice. He adds that Rosica subjected him to unwanted long hugs and touching of his body and arms. There are no complaints of sexual acts or aggression until a time when the plaintiff was over 30. The younger priest/plaintiff accuses Father Rosica that in 2000, he exposed himself and repeatedly "groped and fondled" his genitalia. The plaintiff also alleges that Rosica used his influence over him to keep him quiet and inflicted "mental suffering, humiliation and degradation" upon him. In his defense, Father Rosica denies "the description of events and his interactions with the plaintiff." He denies "engaging in any inappropriate conduct with the plaintiff." He did not have a close personal relationship, nor a position of authority, nor "any control or influence over him, or that he took sexual advantage of him". Father Rosica writes that he had an "infrequent ministerial contact with the plaintiff between 1996 and 2002." Source