August 27, 2005

Archdiocese, abbey settle abuse claims

SEATTLE (WA)
The Seattle Times

By The Associated Press

The Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle and an abbey in Kansas have settled seven decades-old sex-abuse claims against the late Rev. John Forrester for a total of $2.6 million.

Forrester, a priest of St. Benedict's Abbey in Atchison, Kan., died in 2002. He served in the Seattle archdiocese at Holy Rosary in Seattle from 1974-75 and at All Saints in Puyallup from 1975-78.

Posted by kshaw at August 27, 2005 09:07 AM