NEWS & EVENTS

Another sexual abuse lawsuit has been filed against the Christian Brothers' Anthony (Raimond) Rose, the 10th in the past 13 months.

By the time the Rev. John Castaldo began molesting a boy named Brooks Thopsey at a Roman Catholic church in Trumbull roughly two decades ago, he had already exhibited behavior that should have kept him from the priesthood, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday on Thopsey's behalf.

Two sexual assault victims suing the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay will be able to pursue punitive damages as part of their case.

A judge ruled Troy and Todd Merryfield can seek punitive damages for what they believe was an intentional cover-up of abuse by the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay.

Reaching into a person’s mind to revive repressed memories is an issue that’s settled law in one sense, but what remains unsettled is how such memories are used during litigation and whether a lawsuit should be tossed or allowed to proceed to trial.