SOUTH DAKOTA
KELOLAND
A federal judge has dropped a retired bishop from a lawsuit filed by a Florida woman who claims she was molested by a Roman Catholic priest in the 1960s.
US District Judge Lawrence Piersol has granted a motion by Bishop Paul V. Dudley to dismiss for the plaintiff's failure to state a claim.
The sexual-abuse lawsuit will continue against the Catholic Diocese of Sioux Falls, the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and the Reverend Bruce MacArthur.
In February, Piersol dropped current Sioux Falls Bishop Robert Carlson from the suit.