GARY (IN)
Post-Tribune
Aug. 10, 2005
By Jon Seidel / Post-Tribune staff writer
A Florida attorney who has filed a civil lawsuit against a Roman Catholic Diocese of Gary priest has tried to serve him with papers for months.
The Rev. Richard Emerson, however, can’t be found.
“He’s hiding from us,” Joseph H. Saunders said.
Saunders represents an unidentified Florida man who says Emerson sexually assaulted him when he was a minor in Florida.
Emerson served temporarily as a priest at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Orlando.
The lawsuit was filed in January, and Saunders has been trying to serve Emerson ever since.
“It’s kind of silly,” Saunders said. “They’re playing games with us. He was the chancellor. I can’t believe they don’t know where he is.”