Former Priest Faces $20 Million Dollar Lawsuit

Father Alfredo Prado, a former San Antonio priest on the run from the church now he faces a $20-million dollar lawsuit from a man who says Prado molested him years ago. News 4 WOAI Trouble Shooter Brian Collister has this follow up on the investigation.

More than 30 years ago Ricardo and his family attended St. Timothy’s Church on the West side. 14 year old Ricardo turned to Prado after he had an argument with his father. But Ricardo says instead of helping him Prado gave him a glass of brandy, seduced him, and then raped him, “He had his hands all over me, down the front of my pants. The extent of the damage this did to me, I still feel to this day.” Ricardo recounts.

Since our Investigation the Trouble Shooters have learned Ricardo has filed a lawsuit in California where he now lives. That state recently made an exception in the statute of limitations on abuse cases involving priests. Ricardo is seeking $20 million dollars in damages from Prado and the Oblate Order of the Catholic Church.

Prado, who joined a cult in Costa Rica, denies the charges. We asked him about the alleged abuse, “What about the charges in Texas?” Collister asks. “They’re all false, they’re nonsense.” says Prado.

The Trouble Shooters called the attorney for the Oblate Order of the Catholic Church but our call was not returned. Ricardo’s attorney believes they can still pursue the case in California even though the alleged abuse happened here. We’ll keep tabs on the case.

Read Another Article

County budget lost in Scientology
First two detainees selected to face trials at Guantánamo

Related News Articles Topic(s): Reina y Señora de Todo lo Creado Subscribe to Religion News Blog updates Subscribe to Religion News Blog [What is this?] Get Religion News Blog's headline by Email [What is this?] Follow Religion News Blog at Twitter Find Related Information Use our custom search engines to find additional research resources on religions and cults: ApologeticsSearch.com: Search for apologetics articles, books, videos, and other research resources across 135 Christian apologetics websites and blogs. CounterCultSearch.com: Search for information about (religious) cults, cult-like organizations, and cults experts -- as well as paranormal-, New Age, and pseudoscientific claims -- across 260+ websites, blogs and forums dedicated to cult research, spiritual abuse, ex-cult counseling & support. Find Related Religion & Spirituality Books at Amazon.com Reina y Señora de Todo lo Creado Possibly related... or Most Popular Religion News Articles Kent Hovind: Evangelist arrested on federal charges Beast’s real mark devalued to ’616′ Muslim Woman Gives Sex Advice on Arab TV Michael Jackson Confirms Conversion to Islam Kent Hovind, ‘Dr. Dino,’ guilty on all counts The fall and rise of Carlton Pearson Search False prophet Harold Camping sets another date for rapture: May 21, 2011 Watch the film Theo van Gogh was murdered for Kent Hovind — Dr. Dino — sentenced to 10 years in prison

Search Religion News Blog