Man sues diocese over sex-abuse allegations

A man who says he was molested by an Irish priest in 1984 when he was nine, is suing California’s Diocese of Santa Rosa.

Man sues diocese over sex-abuse allegations

A man who says he was molested by an Irish priest in 1984 when he was nine, is suing California’s Diocese of Santa Rosa.

The action, filed in Sonoma county Superior Court, claims the Bishop of Santa Rosa committed fraud by not revealing to the congregation that recently-arrived Patrick McCabe had been the target of several allegations of child sex abuse in his native Ireland.

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