JSOnline - Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel
Originally published May 22, 2012
Fr. John Patrick Feeney |
The jury in a landmark sex abuse case against the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay is expected to take up the issue of punitive damages Wednesday.
An Outagamie County jury on Monday awarded $700,000 to brothers Todd and Troy Merryfield, who were molested as children by the now defrocked Father John Patrick Feeney in the 1970s. Jurors found that the diocese defrauded the Merryfields because it knew Feeney was a danger to children and assigned him to their parish without telling members of his history.
Thanks to Ken Pope for this lead.
See the linked story.