IOWA
Des Moines Register
Another lawsuit has been filed against the Archdiocese of Dubuque, bringing to 15 the number of cases pending in federal and state courts in Iowa alleging sexual abuse of minors by Catholic priests.
In a lawsuit filed this week in Fayette County, John Doe IV alleges he was sexually abused by the Rev. William A. Goltz at Sacred Heart parish in Oelwein beginning in 1954. Goltz has been named in two other lawsuits alleging sexual abuse while he was a priest at the parish.
Officials from the Dubuque Archdiocese did not return calls asking for comment.
The lawsuits against the archdiocese have named six priests.