December 10, 2005

Two more lawsuits name priest

DENVER (CO)
Journal-Advocate

By Bruce Schuknecht Journal-Advocate staff writer

DENVER - Copies of two new lawsuits alleging child molestation against a former local church priest were revealed Friday.

The fresh complaints against the Archdiocese of Denver, filed this week in Denver District Court, seek unspecified money damages. They also name Harold R. White, a former St. Anthony's priest of Sterling, as a co-defendant. They accuse him of molesting at least 12 boys during his 33-year church career.

Similar lawsuits say he left the priesthood two years ago.

Office staff for Denver attorney Thomas Roberts, who filed the suits Monday, could not say where the former priest now resides. An Associated Press article this week mentioned White has an unlisted phone number.

The newest complaints listed John Koldeway, now of Alaska, as one plaintiff. The other names John Doe 1A of Colorado as the second plaintiff. Both men accuse the diocese of negligence in supervising White, and also fraud for allegedly hiding the boys' complaints. Their documents describe a serial abuser of young boys between 1960 and 1981.

Posted by kshaw at December 10, 2005 12:22 PM