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	Archdiocese Sued over Alleged Priest Abuse Milwaukee Journal Sentinel July 20, 2007 http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=635700 Milwaukee (WI) — Attorneys for a Milwaukee-area woman who alleges she was molested as a girl by a Catholic priest with an admitted history of sexual abuse have filed a lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and the Diocese of Sioux Falls, S.D., the first since the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled last week that the church could be sued for fraud in such cases. Filed Thursday in Milwaukee County Circuit Court, the suit lays out a detailed allegation of fraudulent coverups as the priest continued to abuse girls in several parishes while being moved within his home diocese in South Dakota, to the Milwaukee area, and back, in the 1960s and '70s. The now-retired priest, Bruce MacArthur, later was sent to Texas, where he was convicted of attempting to rape a woman in a nursing home and served prison time. The plaintiff in the new lawsuit, who is not identified, contends that MacArthur was able to abuse her and others because diocesan officials placed him in parishes and hospitals without alerting parishioners and parents to his known history. Archdiocesan spokeswoman Kathleen Hohl said she could not comment without seeing the lawsuit.
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