CHICAGO (IL)
Chicago Tribune
By Naomi Nix
Tribune reporter
A 40-year-old man has filed a lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Chicago alleging a priest sexually abused him multiple times between 1983 and 1984 while he was an altar boy.
In December of 1983, the plaintiff was ordered to a church rectory at night to complete a writing assignment as punishment for his alleged mistakes as an altar boy, when a priest allegedly asked him to pull down his pants, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit alleges the priest told the boy to comply with his demands or he would tell his parents of the activity. The priest struck the 11-year-old boy with a wooden paddle and then inappropriately touched his genitals, the lawsuit alleges.
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