Green Bay Diocese ordered pay $500,000 after being found guilty in civil lawsuit

LAS VEGAS (NV)
Green Bay Press-Gazette

The Green Bay Catholic Diocese has been found guilty in a civil lawsuit involving a pedophile priest, according to a report from WGBA-TV in Green Bay.

A Las Vegas jury concluded Thursday the diocese was negligent in transferring John Patrick Feeney to a Nevada parish where he allegedly molested a 13-year-old boy.

The Green Bay Diocese will have to pay a $500,000 in damages.

The Diocese will also stand trial next May in Wisconsin, involving the sexual abuse Todd and Troy Merryfield.

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