CHARLOTTE (NC)
WCNC
by RAD BERKY / NewsChannel 36
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Lawyers for the Catholic Diocese of Charlotte argued in court Friday that a victim of alleged sexual abuse by a priest waited too long to file a lawsuit against the diocese.
The church attorney told the judge the suit should have been filed years ago in a case involving former priest Richard Farwell.
Farwell was a priest at St. Ann Catholic Church in Charlotte in 1984 when the plaintiff, called “John Doe” in the suit, said Farwell molested him in the church rectory.
Lawyers for the plaintiff countered by saying it was not until recently that the full extent of an alleged cover-up by the diocese was discovered.
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