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Des Moines Register
Two federal lawsuits filed Thursday that allege sexual abuse by clergy bring to 14 the number filed against the Dubuque Archdiocese. Both priests named in the lawsuits have been sued previously.
Katherine Buck, a resident of Minnesota, alleges that the Rev. Patrick W. McElliott sexually abused her when she was an eighth-grader at St. John's School in Waterloo in the early 1960s. It's the fourth lawsuit against McElliott, who died in 1987.
Steven Lown of Illinois alleges that the Rev. William T. Schwartz repeatedly abused him sexually in 1978 when the priest was spiritual director at Waterloo Columbus High School.
Lawsuits against the archdiocese have named six priests: McElliott, Schwartz, William A. Goltz, Albert Carman, William Roach and John Schmitz.
Monsignor James Barta, vicar general of the archdiocese, said Friday that he could not comment because he had not yet seen the lawsuits.
Posted by kshaw at June 4, 2005 09:11 AM