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Personal Injury & Torts

Jun. 23, 2004

Ex-Altar Boys Can Sue Church in Milwaukee

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday allowed a lawsuit to proceed that accuses the Archdiocese of Milwaukee of transferring a child molester from Wisconsin to work as a Roman Catholic priest in California.

        WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday allowed a lawsuit to proceed that accuses the Archdiocese of Milwaukee of transferring a child molester from Wisconsin to work as a Roman Catholic priest in California.
        The decision allows eight former altar boys who claim they were molested in the 1970s and '80s by Father S. Frank Widera to pursue their damages suit ...

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