WEST UNION (IA)
Sioux City Journal
WEST UNION, Iowa (AP) -- A third lawsuit has been filed against a former priest accused of sexually abusing children in the 1950s.
The lawsuit was filed in Fayette County by a man who claims the Rev. William Goltz sexually abused in 1954 when the man, known in court records as John Doe IV, was 12 years old.
Goltz was assigned to Sacred Heart Parish in Oelwein as the time, court records show.
It alleges that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dubuque, named as a defendant in the lawsuit, knew or should have known about Goltz's propensity to abuse young men.
It's the third such lawsuit filed against Goltz in Fayette County this year.
The previous lawsuits allege that then-Archbishop Leo Binz conducted a canonical trial and found Goltz guilty of similar incidents and removed him from his priestly duties.
After a leave of about 12 years, Goltz was reassigned to parishes in eastern Iowa over 18 years, records show.