W.va. Monsignor Must Testify in Pa. Abuse Trial

WTRF
April 20, 2012

http://www.wtrf.com/story/17600557/wva-monsignor-must-testify-in-pa-abuse-trial

WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) - A West Virginia judge says Monsignor Kevin Quirk must testify as a material witness in a clergy sexual abuse trial under way in Philadelphia.

Quirk's attorney, William Kolibash, said Friday that Hancock County Circuit Judge Ronald Wilson has ruled that Quirk is a material witness in the case against the Rev. James Brennan.

Kolibash says his client must appear to testify between April 29 and May 1.

The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office couldn't subpoena Quirk because he lives outside Pennsylvania. It needed a West Virginia judge to issue the subpoena.

Kolibash says the ruling came late Thursday. Quirk had fought the petition to appear.

Quirk was 1 of 3 canonical judges at a church trial for Brennan. Brennan's now in criminal court for an alleged 1996 assault that he denies.