WISCONSIN
Fox 11
Updated: Thursday, 19 Jan 2012
APPLETON – The Catholic Diocese of Green Bay wants a civil suit against it heard outside of Outagamie County.
Todd and Troy Merryfield sued the diocese, claiming it committed fraud by repeatedly transferring a priest without telling parishioners of the priest’s history of abuse. The diocese says it had no knowledge of abuse committed by former priest John Feeney.
In 2004, Feeney was convicted of sexually assaulting the Merryfields 26 years earlier when he was assigned to a church in Freedom. Feeney, who was defrocked, was recently released from prison.
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