WISCONSIN
Janesville Gazette
(Published Wednesday, August 3, 2005 11:05:09 AM CDT)
By Mike DuPre'
Gazette Staff
The man being sued for allegedly defaming a Catholic priest by charging him with sexual abuse wept on the witness stand Tuesday.
The priest's attorney, Patrick McDonald of Janesville, was questioning the 26-year-old man, who now lives in Milwaukee, about how he has felt threatened by the priest, the Rev. Gerald Vosen.
"I've been harmed more now in so many ways by this than when it actually occurred," the man said, referring to the lawsuit in a breaking voice.
McDonald asked the man why he felt more harmed by the trial than the assaults.
"Because now my parents are going through it with me," the man replied, tears running down his cheeks. "Before it was just me. Now I see them in pain."