COLUMBUS (OH)
The Beacon Journal
Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling that dismissed sexual abuse accusations against a Cincinnati-area priest who was said to have abused boys over three decades.
The court unanimously ruled that the statute of limitations had expired on allegations of sexual abuse between 1961 and 1987 and racketeering.
In a 2003 lawsuit, a former server accused the Rev. Lawrence Strittmatter of repeatedly molesting him and sometimes forcing his way inside the boy's home.
The man, now in his 30s, alleged that he was sexually abused while at Our Lady of Victory Church in Delhi Township outside Cincinnati in the early 1980s. The court combined his case with 21 others that alleged abuse by Strittmatter. None of the plaintiffs were identified in the case.