UTAH
The Salt Lake Tribune
A Utah Supreme Court hearing on a lawsuit filed by two Salt Lake City men who allege they were sexually abused by a former priest has been postponed until Feb. 1. Ralph and Charles Colosimo, now in their 50s and 40s respectively, sued the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City and former officials from Judge Memorial Catholic High School in February 2003. They claimed leaders knew the Rev. James F. Rapp, a one-time teacher, was a pedophile but did nothing to stop him from abusing the brothers in the 1970s. The suit is believed to be the first such filed in Utah after the sex abuse scandal hit the U.S. Catholic Church in 2002. Both the 3rd District Court and the state Court of Appeals dismissed the multimillion-dollar lawsuit on the grounds that the Colosimos had waited too long to file, and had failed to prove that their case should be an exception to those time limitations.
Posted by kshaw at December 6, 2005 07:51 AM