IOWA CITY (IA)
Gazette
Published: 09/27/2005 2:00 PM
By: Associated Press - Associated Press
IOWA CITY, IA - A former Roman Catholic Bishop accused of sexually abusing minors as a priest and principal in eastern Iowa wants the judge assigned to his case replaced.
Attorneys for former Bishop Lawrence Soens, who retired as Bishop in the Sioux City Diocese in 1998, is defending allegations in at least two lawsuits that he molested minors 40 years ago while serving as principal at Regina High School, a Catholic school in Iowa City.
Through his lawyer, Soens has denied the allegations, which accuse him of ordering students to private meetings in his principal's office where he engaged in improper sexual conduct.