December 11, 2004

New abuse lawsuits filed in Sioux City

SIOUX CITY (IA)
Des Moines Register

By SHIRLEY RAGSDALE
REGISTER RELIGION EDITOR
December 11, 2004

Two new lawsuits were filed Thursday in Woodbury County District Court, alleging child sexual abuse by the Rev. George McFadden and negligence by the Sioux City Catholic Diocese.

Former altar boys Joseph Boyok and Don Miller were raised in Catholic families in Sioux City. They claim they were abused by McFadden when they were students at St. Francis of Assisi school.

Jim Wharton, spokesman for the Sioux City diocese, did not return phone calls Friday.

Posted by kshaw at December 11, 2004 08:22 AM