COLUMBUS (OH)
Cincinnati Post
Associated Press
COLUMBUS - The Ohio Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to hear an appeal of a lower court ruling that dismissed sexual abuse accusations against a Cincinnati-area priest.
The Ohio 1st District Court of Appeals in December ruled the statute of limitations had expired on allegations of sexual abuse between 1961 and 1987 and racketeering.
In a 2003 lawsuit, a former altar server accused the Rev. Lawrence Strittmatter of repeatedly molesting him and sometimes forcing his way inside the boy's home. Strittmatter was accused of abusing boys over three decades.
The man, now in his 30s, alleged he was sexually abused while at Our Lady of Victory Church in Delhi Township in the early 1980s. The court combined his case with 21 others that alleged abuse by Strittmatter. None of the plaintiffs was identified in the case.
The Archdiocese of Cincinnati and Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk also are defendants.