MISSOURI
The Kansas City Star
By MARK MORRIS
The Kansas City Star
Judges in state and federal court this week dismissed parties and allegations from three civil lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by Catholic priests.
In each case, the rulings were a victory for lawyers representing either the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph or an accused priest.
In Jackson County, Circuit Judge Peggy Stevens McGraw on Monday threw out all allegations against the diocese in a suit filed last year by David Tate of Kansas City, who alleged that the Rev. Michael Tierney abused him at Tierney’s mother’s home and at a hotel swimming pool in the early 1970s.
The judge also dismissed eight counts against Tierney, though he still faces civil allegations of childhood sexual abuse and battery.
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