Couple sues Springfield-Cape Girardeau Catholic diocese over abuse

SPRINGFIELD (MO)
The Associated Press

August 20, 2018

A couple claims in a lawsuit that a former top lay official in the Springfield-Cape Girardeau Catholic diocese emotionally and sexually abused the woman, and the diocese did not intervene.

The lawsuit was filed last week against the diocese and Troy Casteel, the diocese’s former director of family ministry.

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