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"CHARLESTON, S.C. (CN) - A nurse who moved into the rectory of her Catholic Church to care for a priest stricken with cancer claims the priest’s replacement defamed her by accusing her of stealing from the church, which still owes her $3,000 for her work as Director of Religious Education. Delia McGrath claims she moved into the rectory of St. Thomas the Apostle Church in January 2009 after Fr. William Leonard was diagnosed with cancer of the tonsils.
McGrath says she cut back on her paid work as a nurse to help her friend and pastor through his illness…
At issue were expenditures for an apartment, which McGrath says had been rented by Fr. Leonard for his use during his leave, and of which [new pastor] Riley had been told at least twice by the ailing pastor.
But Riley persisted in his accusations against McGrath, taking “advantage of the trust, confidence and influence of his new position by engaging in defamatory conduct against the plaintiff,” according to the complaint.
McGrath claims Riley compounded his by defamation by telling other parishioners that she is “evil.”
courthousenews.com/2010/09/13/30302.htm
McGrath says she cut back on her paid work as a nurse to help her friend and pastor through his illness…
At issue were expenditures for an apartment, which McGrath says had been rented by Fr. Leonard for his use during his leave, and of which [new pastor] Riley had been told at least twice by the ailing pastor.
But Riley persisted in his accusations against McGrath, taking “advantage of the trust, confidence and influence of his new position by engaging in defamatory conduct against the plaintiff,” according to the complaint.
McGrath claims Riley compounded his by defamation by telling other parishioners that she is “evil.”
courthousenews.com/2010/09/13/30302.htm