Former altar boy says priests ran boys' prostitution ring
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> A former altar boy sued the Vatican, the Miami Archdiocese and two
> Roman Catholic priests Monday, saying he was forced to participate in
> orgies as a teen-ager 30 years ago.
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> Jose Albino Currais Jr. said the Revs. Ricardo Castellanos and Alvaro
> Guichard held orgies at the Church of the Little Flower in Miami in
> which they had sex with numerous teen-age boys.
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> Currais, 45, also said Castellanos operated a teen prostitution ring,
> arranging for Currais and other boys to have sex with visiting
> seminarians from Rome.
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> The abuse occurred from 1971 to about 1974, Currais said. His suit,
> seeking unspecified damages, was filed in state court in Fort
> Lauderdale.
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> "I didn't want to be here, I don't want to be here. I am here to stop
> this from happening to other kids," Currais said at a news conference
> at his attorney's office.
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> Mary Ross Agosta, a spokeswoman for the archdiocese, said Monday she
> could not comment on the allegations because the archdiocese had not
> yet received a copy of the lawsuit.
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> Guichard, pastor of St. Francis de Sales parish in Miami Beach, denies
> the charges, said his attorney, Manuel Garcia-Linares. He declined
> further comment.
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> Castellanos serves as pastor of San Isidro Church in Pompano Beach.
> The person who answered the phone there Monday said he also was not
> available for comment.
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> Guichard, Castellanos and the archdiocese also were sued last month by
> a family who alleged the two priests sexually abused their late son
> more than two decades ago.
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> In that lawsuit, the family of Miguel Chinchilla, who died in 1993,
> say he was abused from 1974 to 1977. They also allege the archdiocese
> pressed him to recant allegations against Castellanos when he
> confronted church officials in 1988.
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> The archdiocese has denied the family's charges.
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