JANESVILLE (WI)
TheMilwaukeeChannel.com
POSTED: 6:56 pm CDT August 5, 2005
UPDATED: 7:01 pm CDT August 5, 2005
JANESVILLE, Wis. -- Jurors in Rock County have decided against a Catholic priest who said he was falsely accused of sexual abuse by a former altar boy.
After two hours of deliberations, the jury rejected claims that the 26-year-old man had concocted the story and that he had defamed Father Gerald Vosen, of Baraboo.
Vosen had sued the man claiming the allegations were false. His attorney asked jurors to award the priest more than $1 million in punitive damages.
Posted by kshaw at August 5, 2005 09:16 PM