SIOUX CITY (IA)
Sioux City Journal
By Nick Hytrek Journal staff writer
Two more sexual abuse lawsuits have been filed against the Catholic Diocese of Sioux City and a former priest.
Petitions filed Wednesday and Thursday in Woodbury County District Court bring the number of pending lawsuits to 22. Four others have been settled out of court.
Don Miller and Joseph M. Boyok both allege that the Rev. George McFadden sexually abused them in the early 1960's while he was the pastor at the now-closed St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Sioux City.
According to the lawsuits, Miller was under age 14 and Boyok under age 12 when the abuses occurred. Both men said there were repeated sexual acts that occurred while they were alone with McFadden on church property.
In allegations similar to those made in previous lawsuits, Miller and Boyok said that the diocese was negligent in its hiring and supervision and aided and abetted McFadden by transferring him to other parishes to cover up his actions instead of stopping them.
Posted by kshaw at December 10, 2004 08:57 AM