APPLETON (WI)
Post-Crescent
Written by
Jim Collar
Post-Crescent staff writer
APPLETON — A judge could rule as soon as Wednesday whether to order a retrial in the civil fraud verdict against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay, which claims a juror was biased against the church.
Outagamie County Judge Nancy Krueger today heard a variety of arguments from the diocese as it seeks relief from a $700,000 jury award given in May to two childhood victims of clergy sexual abuse. Brothers Todd and Troy Merryfield filed the lawsuit in 2008. The diocese is asking for the case to be dismissed, the jury’s findings to be overturned or a new trial.
The brothers claimed the diocese knew the Rev. John Feeney has a history of sexual misconduct when it installed him as a priest at Freedom’s St. Nicholas Church and falsely portrayed him as safe even though church officials knew he was a danger to children.
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