ARIZONA
Arizona Daily Star
By Stephanie Innes
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 03.07.2006
An Arizona man who as a child during the 1950s was in the care of a group of Tucson nuns is suing them now, saying he was neglected and abused.
Frank Gibson Cannella and his wife filed a lawsuit against the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary on Wednesday in Pima County Superior Court. The lawsuit does not name the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson as a defendant.
Sister Alice Martinez of the local Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary said the religious order could not comment on the lawsuit because their attorney still needs to review it. The legal action also names five nuns, four priests and a maintenance worker who once worked with the order, and also lists 20 "Jane and John Doe" defendants.
Three of the priests named in the legal action — the Rev. Floyd Stromberg, the Rev. Charles Rourke and the Rev. Claudio Riol, previously have been identified by the Diocese of Tucson as having credible accusations of sexual abuse involving minors filed against them.