Christians disregarded the safety of children
Thursday, October 01 2009 @ 08:33 AM CDT Views: 282
Lawyer: Church At Fault In Sex Abuse
Latest Priest Sex Abuse Trial Under Way
A lawyer for a former altar boy says the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington disregarded the welfare of children when it hired a priest with a history of child molestation allegations.
Plaintiff's lawyer Jerome O'Neill made the comments Tuesday as a civil trial opened in the case of a 44-year-old man who says Father Edward Paquette molested him when he was an 11-year-old altar boy at Christ the King Church in Burlington.
The man says the diocese knew Paquette had a history of molesting boys when it hired Paquette and allowed him to work around children in parishes in Rutland, Montpelier and Burlington.
Paquette, who apologized for the incidents in a recent interview with the Burlington Free Press, isn't named as a defendant in the suit.
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