GREENSBURG (PA)
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
By Craig Smith
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Saturday, June 18, 2005
A lawyer will attempt to unseal records of two sexual abuse cases from 1983 in a new lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Greensburg.
Altoona attorney Richard M. Serbin said he will try to open pretrial pleadings and discovery that were sealed by a Westmoreland County judge more than two decades ago. The pleadings could support a lawsuit he filed Thursday on behalf of a former altar boy at Blessed Sacrament Cathedral in Greensburg.
"At some point, we will attempt to unseal that discovery," Serbin said. "For unexplainable reasons, those records were just sealed."
Serbin filed a 13-count lawsuit on behalf of Brian G. Guarino, 41, of Laurel, Md., who claims he was sexually abused by the Rev. Roger J. Trott when Guarino was 10 years old. Guarino served as an altar boy at Blessed Sacrament Cathedral from 1973 to 1976.
The diocese and retired Bishop Anthony G. Bosco were named as defendants.