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Cert. Denied For Woman Who Refused Settlement of Priest Sex Abuse

By Corey Rayburnyung

The U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari for a case involving a Rhode Island woman, who turned down an offer from the Catholic Diocese of Providence to settle her lawsuit alleging sexual abuse because she wanted a trial. Her lawsuit was dismissed because she waited 13 years to sue (the statute of limitations was 3 years).  The Rhode Island Supreme Court later affirmed the decision. From The Providence Journal: A Burrillville mother of four who was raped by a Roman Catholic priest was offered $400,000 from the Diocese of Providence to settle her lawsuit but turned down the money because she wanted a trial ?? a trial where diocesan leaders would be forced to divulge what they knew about pedophile priests in parishes and how they dealt with complaints about them...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on October 21, 2008 (boomark / email).