Diocese: Man accused of rape in Boy Scout case used local church for meetings, not affiliated with church
Diocese of Lafayette
and last updated 2021-02-04 20:29:11-05
LAFAYETTE, La. â The Diocese of Lafayette says the local attorney who is accused of rape in an investigation related to the Boy Scouts is believed to have used a Lafayette church to hold meetings from 2003 to 2016.
This is the block where the Cajundome is located, as well as much of the UL Athletics complex. The records are not specific as to location; they just list the 400 block of that street.
The complaint was one of 28 turned over to the Lafayette Parish Sheriff s Office in November by the Evangeline Council after the council received them from a commission working on the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy case.
Lafayette attorney Barry Rozas held a press conference Wednesday to clear his name after his arrest Tuesday for first-degree rape. The complaint was one of 28 provided to the Evangeline Council of the Boy Scouts of America and turned over to the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office in November.
“I completely deny any and all charges made against me by an anonymous alleged victim, they simply did not happen,” said Rozas.
52-year-old Rozas said a commission working on a class-action suit against the Boy Scouts of America created an anonymous hotline.
“That has encouraged false claims made against innocent citizens with no opportunity to confront the accusations. I am one of those innocent citizens,” said Rozas.
UPDATE: (4:21 P.M.)
Barry Rozas and his attorney Kevin Stockstill will join us tomorrow morning at 7:20 on Acadiana s Morning News.
UPDATE: (4:00 P.M.)
Barry J Rozas held a press conference this afternoon where he vehemently denied the allegation that he hurt anyone, anytime. He stood at the podium with his attorney, Kevin Stockstill.
Rozas says that no one has heard his side of the story. He says he openly wanted to give a statement and be interviewed by the Lafayette Parish Sheriff s Office in reference to the allegations, but that has not happened.
Stockstill says they were made aware of the allegation after the person making the allegation called a hotline for victims of sexual abuse in the Boy Scout at some point at the end of last year in relation to a class-action lawsuit. He added that this situation was alleged to have happened in 2004.