PITTSBURGH (PA)
WTAE
August 28, 2018
The first lawsuit against the Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese since the release of the grand jury report into child sex abuse was filed Tuesday morning.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a victim who said he was 12 years old when the abuse by John Hoehl began in 1979.
Hoehl was employed as a priest, pastor and later as a high school headmaster by the diocese.
The report shows that more than 20 complaints of abuse by Hoehl were in diocese files, most of which happened during the period the plaintiff in the suit that was filed was abused.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, Bishop David Zubik and Cardinal Donald Wuerl are all named as defendants in the lawsuit.
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