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SNAP Wisconsin

October 11, 2012

Second landmark fraud trial against Green Bay Diocese underway in Nevada
Case involves notorious sex predator priest Fr. John Patrick Feeney
Las Vegas jury likely to examine new evidence not seen during landmark Wisconsin trial

Statement by John Pilmaier, SNAP Wisconsin Director
CONTACT: 414.336.8575

The Diocese of Green Bay is on trial this week in Las Vegas Nevada charged with negligence and fraud. This is the second time this year that the Green Bay diocese will appear in court charged with knowingly endangering children by exposing them to their most notorious sex offending priest, Fr. John Patrick Feeney.

The civil trial, which began this week, originated with a lawsuit filed in 2008 by John Doe 119 who reports that he was sexually assaulted as a 13 year old boy by Fr. Feeney when he was a student at St. Francis…