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SARASOTA COUNTY MAN SUES PRIEST, ALLEGING SEXUAL ABUSE. The 33-year-old man said sexual abuse took place when he was a teenager about 20 years ago.
July 8, 2020
Frank Fernandez
Herald Tribune
A 33-year-old man has filed a lawsuit against a retired Catholic priest who lives in Ormond Beach, accusing the priest of sexually molesting him two decades ago when the man was a teenager being held in a juvenile detention facility.
Louis Reed, the accuser who has filed the lawsuit, agreed to have his name published for this story.
Reed’s suit is filed in Polk County Circuit Court against the Rev. Fred Ruse. An attorney for the former priest said his client did not want to discuss the lawsuit and denied