SPRINGFIELD (MA)
WWLP
Published : Tuesday, 24 Jul 2012
Laura Hutchinson
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Opening arguments have begun in a clergy sex abuse lawsuit against two former Springfield bishops.
Greenfield Attorney John Stobierski claims his client, Andrew Nicastro, who is 41 now, was sexually abused by Father Alfred Graves, a former priest in Springfield, when he was between the ages of 11 and 14 years old.
In his opening arguments Tuesday, Stobierski provided pictures of Nicastro as a child to the jury.
Nicastro is suing Catholic Church leaders, former Bishops Thomas Dupre and Joseph Maguire, claiming they knew Graves had a history of indecent conduct with a minor.
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