ILLINOIS
Journal-Standard
By Chris Green
Rockford Register Star
Posted Jan. 31, 2014
ROCKFORD – A Rockford woman is suing Holy Family Catholic Church and the Catholic Diocese of Rockford for $5 million, saying she was sexually abused for three years while a student at Holy Family Catholic School from 1972 to 1980.
Kathleen Gibbons, 46, is represented by the law office of Rene Hernandez. The suit, filed Friday, also names three clergy members as defendants: Monsignor Al Harte, Father Bob and Brother Allen. Harte died in 2002; Hernandez said the last names of Bob and Allen and their whereabouts are unknown.
“The case is being investigated fully, but we have no information at this time to suggest that these allegations are credible,” diocesan attorney Ellen Lynch said.
Gibbons says the abuse took place between 1978 and 1980, when she was 11 to 13 years old.
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