DENVER (CO)
TheDenverChannel.com
POSTED: 6:53 am MDT September 8, 2005
DENVER -- Two more people came forward Wednesday with allegations that a former Roman Catholic priest sexually abused children, bringing to seven the number of lawsuits claiming the Denver archdiocese protected him for years.
Attorneys for Gary Wolf, 56, of the Denver area and a woman, whose name wasn't released, said they planned to file lawsuits Wednesday in Denver District Court. Their stories are similar to those of more than a dozen other alleged victims who say Harold Robert White sexually abused them and was moved to other parishes in Colorado to prevent a scandal.
"I'm hoping this is going to help me get through what happened 45 years ago," Wolf, a former altar boy, said during a news conference.
Attorneys Tom Roberts of Denver and Jeff Anderson of St. Paul, Minn., have filed four lawsuits, including Wolf's, against the archdiocese. Wolf's complaint is the first to also name White, who will be added as a plaintiff to the other three.
Those lawsuits are seeking unspecified damages.
Miami attorney Jeffrey Herman announced he would file a third lawsuit against the archdiocese, this time on behalf of a woman identified as Jane Doe who accused White of sexually abusing her when she was a 7-year-old Catholic school student in Sterling.
Posted by kshaw at September 8, 2005 08:47 AM