Opus Dei settles misconduct claim against US priest Molested woman is paid $977,000 after being groped during pastoral counseling

WASHINGTON (DC)
La Croix International with Catholic News Service

January 10, 2019

The Catholic personal prelature Opus Dei has paid US$977,000 to settle a sexual misconduct claim against one of its priests in Washington, D.C.

Father C. John McCloskey was accused of groping a woman several times while she was undergoing pastoral counseling because of a troubled marriage and serious depression.

The incidents were said to have taken place in meetings between Father McCloskey and the unnamed woman at the Catholic Information Center in Washington.

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