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This appears to be egregiously biased reporting.
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**Diocese hiding assets, plaintiffs say **
Defendant in molestation case says worth accurately reported
By SHEILA BURKE
Staff Writer
Lawyers representing two molestation victims in a lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashville are accusing church officials of hiding millions of dollars’ worth of assets that they believe should be considered at an upcoming trial.
But church officials said yesterday they have done nothing wrong and have complied with a judge’s order to provide an accurate accounting of how much the diocese is worth.
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The case involves two young men, known in court documents only as John Doe 1 and John Doe 2, who are suing the diocese for $68 million.
The men say they were molested as boys by former Nashville Catholic priest Ed McKeown, who is serving a 25-year prison sentence for molesting and raping one of the plaintiffs.
The young men say they were abused from 1995 to 1999 after McKeown left the church and moved into the mobile home park where they lived.
Church officials maintain that the abuse occurred years after McKeown was forced to leave the priesthood in 1989 and they should not be held responsible.
Jurors will have to consider whether the diocese should be held liable even though McKeown had left the priesthood and church officials had no direct knowledge of whether McKeown was molesting the two plaintiffs. . . .
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**Diocese hiding assets, plaintiffs say **
Defendant in molestation case says worth accurately reported
By SHEILA BURKE
Staff Writer
Lawyers representing two molestation victims in a lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashville are accusing church officials of hiding millions of dollars’ worth of assets that they believe should be considered at an upcoming trial.
But church officials said yesterday they have done nothing wrong and have complied with a judge’s order to provide an accurate accounting of how much the diocese is worth.
. . .
The case involves two young men, known in court documents only as John Doe 1 and John Doe 2, who are suing the diocese for $68 million.
The men say they were molested as boys by former Nashville Catholic priest Ed McKeown, who is serving a 25-year prison sentence for molesting and raping one of the plaintiffs.
The young men say they were abused from 1995 to 1999 after McKeown left the church and moved into the mobile home park where they lived.
Church officials maintain that the abuse occurred years after McKeown was forced to leave the priesthood in 1989 and they should not be held responsible.
Jurors will have to consider whether the diocese should be held liable even though McKeown had left the priesthood and church officials had no direct knowledge of whether McKeown was molesting the two plaintiffs. . . .
Full article