Missouri Advocate Alleging Priest Abuse Says He Got $40,000

WGEM
September 3, 2015

http://www.wgem.com/story/29952973/missouri-advocate-alleging-priest-abuse-gets-40000

A Missouri advocate who says he was sexually abused by a priest as a teenager says the Catholic Diocese of Jefferson City gave him $40,000.

David Clohessy said Thursday that the diocese paid him after he asked for $200,000 for therapy and medical expenses. Clohessy says he agreed not to take legal action against the diocese.

A spokesman for the diocese confirmed it gave Clohessy money and said a bishop apologized.

Clohessy sued the diocese in 1991, saying he was abused by a priest. The case was dismissed in 1993 because the statute of limitations had run out.

Clohessy since 1991 has served as the national director of advocacy group Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests.

This version of the story has been corrected to show Clohessy is the national director of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, not the founder.