SPRINGFIELD (MA)
WWLP
Anthony Fay
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A man who claims that he was sexually abused by a western Massachusetts priest has settled a lawsuit against two bishops he says did nothing to protect him. His lawyers say damages in the suit are described as being a “substantial six figure sum.”
According to a news release sent to 22News by the law firm Stobierski & Stobierski, their client, Andrew Nicastro settled his lawsuit against former Bishops Thomas Dupre and Joseph Maguire on Thursday evening.
The settlement comes less than a week after the start of a civil trial against Dupre and Maguire at Hampden County Superior Court.
Nicastro says that as a child, he was sexually abused by now-defrocked priest Fr. Alfred Graves.
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