LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada jury has ordered a Wisconsin diocese to pay $500,000 to a man who claims the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay knew a priest had a history of molesting children but transferred him to a Las Vegas parish anyway.
The man claims John Patrick Feeney sexually assaulted him in 1984 at the Las Vegas parish. His civil lawsuit accuses the Green Bay diocese of failing to reveal Feeney's history of sexual abuse.
The victim reported the assault when he was a child, but no one believed him. He was inspired to come forward again after hearing about other men who said they were assaulted by Feeney, he said.
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