APPLETON (WI)
Press-Gazette
Written by
Jim Collar
Gannett Wisconsin Media
APPLETON — A jury will begin deliberations Monday to determine if the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay covered up whether a priest who later was convicted of molesting two boys was a danger to children.
The diocese closed its case Friday in an Outagamie County civil lawsuit filed by brothers Todd and Troy Merryfield.
The Merryfields, who were 12 and 14 when they were molested, claim the Roman Catholic diocese was aware former priest John Feeney sexually assaulted others before 1978, when it assigned him to Freedom’s St. Nicholas Church.
Jurors will return to the courtroom at 8:45 a.m. Monday to receive their instructions before attorneys make their closing arguments.
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