Former priest convicted of sexually abusing a minor in state court

Asalone, who was a friar with the Capuchin Province of the Stigmata, was accused of sexual abuse in 1993 and subsequently faraway from the St. Francis de Gross sales Parish by the Capuchin order. He by no means returned to priestly ministry. He was dismissed from his non secular order in 2007.

David Grosso, a former Washington D.C. Council member, publicly recognized himself because the sufferer within the case when fees have been first filed, in line with the Related Press.

Asalone was 29 and Grosso was between 13 and 15 when the abuse occurred in 1985. The Washington Submit reported that Grosso was within the courtroom Monday.

“It felt good for me to be there,” Grosso stated. “To see the choose stroll him by the cost, and discover that he actually is responsible of assaulting me … He realized the case was too robust towards him.”

Grosso advised the Related Press Monday that in a 1992 letter trade between him and the priest Asalone admitted to abusing him. Grosso added that the letter was used as proof within the case.

Asalone served on the parish from 1984 to 1993. He was named within the Diocese of Arlington’s 2019 listing of clergymen credibly accused of sexually abusing a minor. After an investigation by Virginia’s lawyer common’s workplace, Asalone was indicted by a grand jury in March 2020 and extradited to Virginia following his arrest.