SPRINGFIELD (MA)
WGGB
By Ryan Trowbridge
July 27th, 2012
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB) — A Williamstown man settles his civil suit against two Springfield bishops.
The $500,000 settlement was announced Friday morning at Hampden County Superior Court.
It was emotional testimony during the trial that Attorney John Stobierski says accelerated discussions of a settlement in Andrew Nicastro’s civil suit against Springfield bishops Thomas Dupre and Joseph Maguire.
Nicastro says he was abused 30 years ago by now defrocked priest Alfred Graves .
He sued the bishops because he said they were in supervisory positions and should have prevented the abuse he suffered.
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