Jupiter, Florida: Student charged in case that led to sex-abuse lawsuit against Catholic school ...

Student charged in case that led to sex-abuse lawsuit against Catholic school, diocese

A sixth-grade student at All Saints Catholic School was charged with battery and lewd and lascivious molestation after an 11-year-old classmate accused him of groping her, according to a Jupiter police report. The allegations last week spawned a civil lawsuit against the school, its principal and the Diocese of Palm Beach. In the lawsuit that was filed in Palm Beach County Circuit Court, an attorney representing the girl and her parents accused school officials and the diocese of protecting the boy because he is the son of wealthy donors. The heavily redacted report that police provided to The Palm Beach ...

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