MISSOURI
WGEM
Updated: Sep 03, 2015
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri advocate who claims 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 wrote him a check after he asked for $200,000 for therapy and medical expenses. Clohessy says he agreed not to take legal action against the diocese.
Clohessy sued the diocese in 1991 and alleged that the Rev. John Whiteley abused him at St. Pius Parish in Moberly. The case was dismissed in 1993 because the statute of limitations had run out.
A diocese spokesman didn’t immediately return a request for comment. A number Clohessy provided for was disconnected.
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