Clergy Sex Abuse Lawyer Garabedian Faces Defamation Lawsuit in Pennsylvania

By Laura Crimaldi
Boston Globe
May 9, 2019

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/05/09/clergy-sex-abuse-lawyer-garabedian-faces-defamation-lawsuit-pennsylvania/02DWAvbQ3AB2IL0UeAVF8O/story.html

The lawsuit alleging defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress was filed on April 10 against Mitchell Garabedian and one of his clients, a 40-year-old man who lives in Milwaukee.(JESSICA RINALDI/GLOBE STAFF)

Mitchell Garabedian, the Boston attorney who pulled back the curtain on clergy sex abuse in the Catholic church, finds himself in an unusual position in federal court in Philadelphia: He’s being sued by a boarding school teacher who claims Garabedian and his client falsely accused him of being a child molester.

The lawsuit alleging defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress was filed on April 10 against Garabedian and one of his clients, a 40-year-old man who lives in Milwaukee. The teacher, a resident of Ohio, filed the complaint under the pseudonym John Doe, citing a fear of “severe harm.”

Philadelphia magazine first reported on the lawsuit on May 3. The 13-page complaint alleges Garabedian, acting on behalf of his client, falsely accused the teacher of child molestation in an April 2018 letter addressed to the headmaster of The Hill School in Pottstown, Pa., where the teacher has worked for more than 25 years.