A Roman Catholic nun was sentenced Friday to a year in jail and 10 years’ probation for sexually abusing two teenage boys at an elementary school in the 1960s.
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Church paid $187,000 in another case with same priest
Green Bay Diocese, Father John Patrick Feeney, documents from Personnel file and Police investigation.
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1/8/2008
Local man suing Green Bay Diocese
Lisa Curtis Ozaukee News Graphic
CEDARBURG – A Cedarburg man who is suing the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay for covering up an abusive priest’s past misdeeds said he isn’t challenging the church, but rather those in charge of it.
“The church is the people. It’s the leadership we’re challenging,” said Todd Merryfield, who is suing the diocese with his brother, Troy, after they were abused as children by one of its priests.
“They could have stopped this at any point and none of us would be going through this.”
The Merryfields’ suit claims the d
Civil suit alleges church failed to protect boys
Two brothers molested by a priest filed a fraud lawsuit Wednesday, alleging the overseeing diocese knew the priest had a history of abusing children and allowed him access to the pair anyway.