SEATTLE (WA)
Post-Intelligencer
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER STAFF
The youngest in a family of five brothers, three of whom won a $425,000 settlement from the Seattle Archdiocese after accusing former priest John Marsh of sexual abuse, yesterday filed his own complaint.
The man, now 42, is identified only by his initials in the lawsuit, which describes Marsh frequently visiting the boys and their mother during the late 1960s and early '70s. On several occasions, the suit says, the priest asked the older boys to spend nights with him at the rectory, and when G.S. was 8, he was invited too.
Marsh showered with the child, fondled his genitals and then sodomized him, the suit says. Afterward, when the archdiocese received complaints from the boy's family, officials transferred Marsh to another parish, according to lawyer Michael Pfau.
Posted by kshaw at February 1, 2005 06:22 AM