Two San Antonio priests accused of sexual assault of child in lawsuit

METRO Father Virgilio Elizondo hands out communion at St Rose LIma, Sunday, August 25, 2002. GLORIA FERNIZ/STAFF METRO Father Virgilio Elizondo hands out communion at St Rose LIma, Sunday, August 25, 2002. GLORIA FERNIZ/STAFF Photo: GLORIA FERNIZ, SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS Photo: GLORIA FERNIZ, SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS Image 1 of / 9 Caption Close Two San Antonio priests accused of sexual assault of child in lawsuit 1 / 9 Back to Gallery

SAN ANTONIO — A civil lawsuit that alleges sexual abuse on the part of two priests in the Archdiocese of San Antonio was filed May 22 in Bexar County Court.

Father Jesus Armando Dominguez and Father Virgilio Elizondo are named as defendants in the 19-page suit and are alleged to have sexually abused the plaintiff in the early 1980s.

Also named in the suit are the Archdiocese of San Antonio and three archbishops, who, according to the allegations, conspired to cover-up the abuses rather than report them to authorities.

A spokesman for the archdiocese on Wednesday declined to comment because he said he had not yet seen the lawsuit.

The plaintiff, identified as John Doe, alleges he was sexually abused by Dominguez from 1980 until 1983 when he was living in an orphanage and Dominguez was attending seminary school at Assumption Seminary. The abuses are alleged to have occurred in Dominguez’ dormitory.

Elizondo allegedly abused the plaintiff in 1983, the lawsuit said.

Messages left with Elizondo and the attorney who filed the suit were not immediately returned.

Check back with mysa.com or read Thursday's print edition for more details on this developing story.

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