Church aide church aide frm St. LouisCatholic Church, Pinecrest,FL accused of molesting teens in VT

[Ian David]

By Associated Press | March 12, 2007

BURLINGTON, Vt. -- An aide with a Florida church group is accused in a lawsuit of molesting teenage girls while they were on a field trip in Stowe.

A 15-year-old girl and her parents have sued Anthony B. Ricco, 19, an assistant youth minister with the youth group at the St. Louis Catholic Church in Pinecrest, Fla., according to papers filed with the 11th Judicial Circuit Court in Miami-Dade County.

"My information is that three girls were involved up in Vermont, one of whom is my client," said Jeffrey Herman, the Miami lawyer for the alleged victim.

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Ricco was arrested in Florida in May, a month after the Vermont trip, and later pleaded no contest to nine charges of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child, according to Miami court records. The allegations included sexual contact with a 13-year-old girl. The charges were related to incidents that occurred only in Florida.

The alleged victim in the lawsuit told a school counselor about the Stowe trip, said Mary Ross Agosta, spokeswoman for the Archdiocese of Miami.

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Youth Minister At Center Of Church Sex Scandal. Archdiocese Of Miami Sued Over Sexual Misconduct
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