Ex-seminarian’s suit against archdiocese, seminary in Rome called baseless
Anthony J. Gorgia, left, then a seminarian for the Archdiocese of New York and a student at the Pontifical North American College, greets Pope Francis prior to Christmas Eve Mass at the Vatican in this Dec. 24, 2017 photo. Former seminarian Gorgia has alleged in a civil suit filed Feb. 3, 2021, that he was barred from returning to his studies in Rome in late 2018 after taking a short approved medical leave because NAC officials knew he had witnessed inappropriate sexual behavior at the seminary. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
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Anthony Gorgia, seen in this photo with Pope Francis, alleges he was discriminated against because he knew of homosexual activity by superiors at the Pontifical North American College in Rome. (Photo courtesy of Anthony Gorgia)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. From an early age, Anthony Gorgia dreamed of becoming a priest.
And the 2011 valedictorian of his St. Joseph by-the-Sea class seemed well on his way to achieving that goal just a few years ago.
In 2017, Cardinal Timothy Dolan nominated Gorgia, then a seminarian, to attend the prestigious Pontifical North American College (NAC) in Rome to continue his preparation for the priesthood and his ordination.
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The Pontifical North American College on the Janiculum Hill overlooking St. Peter s Square is seen Aug. 28, 2019. (Credit: Cindy Wooden/CNS.)
A former seminarian s lawsuit filed against the New York Archdiocese, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, Pontifical North American College officials and several John Does over him not being allowed to return to the NAC is baseless and without merit, according to spokesmen for the archdiocese and the U.S. seminary in Rome.
NEW YORK A former seminarian’s lawsuit filed against the New York Archdiocese, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, Pontifical North American College officials and several “John Does” over him not being allowed to return to the NAC is baseless and without merit, according to spokesmen for the archdiocese and the U.S. seminary in Rome.
Shocking Clerical Sexual Misconduct and Cover-Up Exposed in Major Lawsuit
NEW YORK, February 3, 2021 An explosive $125 million Complaint was filed in a lawsuit on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 by Manhattan attorney Raymond W. Belair of Belair & Associates P. C. in New York State Supreme Court on behalf of former seminarian Anthony Gorgia. The lawsuit names New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan; the Archdiocese of New York; the Pontifical North American College (NAC), the U.S. seminary in Vatican City; the NAC rector, Illinois-priest Father Peter Harman; the NAC vice-rector, Washington D.C.-priest Father Adam Park; and others as shocking allegations of clerical misconduct and cover-up are revealed in graphic detail.