ARIZONA
Tucson Citizen
by Michael Clancy on Jun. 14, 2012, under Arizona Republic News
A father who says his son was abused has sued the Diocese of Phoenix, Bishop Thomas J. O’Brien and the Rev. John “Jack” Spaulding, claiming his son’s death was the direct result of the abusive relationship with the priest.
David Michael Pain Sr. filed the suit late Wednesday, almost two years after the death of his son, David Jr.
The elder Pain, who goes by Michael, alerted the diocese of the abuse claim just weeks after David died when Michael shot him in self-defense.
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